I got my first kilt just a couple of years ago, when my kids -- both boys -- were 14 and 9. Now 16, my oldest thinks kilts are very cool. I think that has little to do with me and more to do with the fact that some of the musicians in the metal bands he listens to wear them. He has an Irish National Thrifty from SWK Thrifty that he really likes and wears now and again with very little regard for others' opinions.

The 9-year-old (9 going on 36) thinks it's important to wear our kilts because they're a powerful symbol of who we are and where we came from. As we were getting ready for a St. Andrew Society meeting a couple of weeks ago, he said that putting on his kilt makes him think about men like William Wallace and Robert the Bruce and all those who died at Culloden. He said we need to honor them by wearing our kilts. I am not making this up.

In short, my kids are all over it.