Daughter's objection to the kilt - need advice.

[Chas]

I have been thinking about this a lot since my first post and have come to this conclusion.

Cool is overrated.

When my son was at school all the cool parents had a constant aura of 'drama' about them. The simplest of tasks could not be performed without public announcements, press releases and all the preparations for a Normandy invasion. I don't think that they were particularly good parents.

But in their heart of hearts, children don't want cool. They want dependable, reliable and maybe a little bit boring. They want to know where they stand and where their parents stand and to be able to rely on that knowledge. When they fly too high and singe their wings and fall to earth, they want to know that their parents will be there to catch them and keep them safe. They do not want to think that maybe Mum and Dad will be off, on their own flight of fancy.

So, do what you do. Do not do less of it - do more of it. So that all your children will know it and can depend on it.

Cool is overrated.

Regards

Chas

[tundramanq]

*** on the whole thread. A whole lot of common sense and many sympathetic laughs here. The best one liner I have heard was from my sisters husband," We had kids so that we could warp them into own image." They did, successfully, great young adults, no physical or mental scars on the kids nor mom and pop. They are themselves and think uncle Chuck is cool.

[Mike_Oettle]

Cherokee, is it, Bren? Then you will have to get a kilt in the Cherokee tartan.
Regards,
Mike

[Alan H]

Think of the lesson that you will teach your kids, if you wear your kilt quietly and with pride, no matter what they or anybody else thinks.

It would be an entirely different lesson, if you were to wear it and be combative and aggressive about it. However, if you just strap it on without making a big fuss, look reasonably presentable, and act with honor and kindness, then your kids WILL learn, whether they die a thousand deaths from embarrassment or not.

Look at it this way. Isn't it embarrassing when your kids do (fill in the blanks) ______________. Well they just go ahead and DO that anyway, right? So turnabouts' fair play!