A new Boy Scout in Kilt

[JolyStNicholas]

Good on the young lad for standing up for his right to wear what he chooses, regardless of the peer pressure from the other young lads in the group! The parents should show a better understanding of his feelings! And as for you, KILT ON ME FRIEND!

[Woodsman]

Perhaps a little rebellious, yes, but he is certainly a Braveheart. It is only through such actions as this that perhaps one day the kilt will be accepted attire for the scout uniform.

[Ancienne Alliance]

Good on the young lad for standing up for his right to wear what he chooses, regardless of the peer pressure from the other young lads in the group! The parents should show a better understanding of his feelings! And as for you, KILT ON ME FRIEND!

Hear, Hear !

[muirkirkca]

Recall a scout leader years ago in Toronto suburb wearing a kilt with khaki shirt out for a hike with the pack.
Try an inter-net search on "boy scout kilt" and Stillwater site should show some pictures of scout leaders wearing the MacLaren tartan. There is also a Scottish Scout tartan.

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

Good on the young lad for standing up for his right to wear what he chooses, regardless of the peer pressure from the other young lads in the group!

Actually, unless you know something the rest of don't, there is no mention of "peer pressure" in the original post, or anywhere else that I can find. What was discussed was the appropriateness of showing up at a Scout meeting in Arizona in a kilt-- something that is fine and dandy back home in Scotland, where the kilt is part of the authorized Boy Scout uniform, but is as out of place as a dashiki or turban would be when worn with the Boy Scouts of America uniform in the United States.

The parents should show a better understanding of his feelings!

Actually, the parents of the boy should show a better understanding of the reason and purpose of the Scout uniform and try to instill a degree of respect and discipline in their child by insisting that he conform to the group norm.

Children (and some adults) have to learn that it's not always just about "me". That's one of the things Scouting teaches boys, and one of the ways that it teaches that lesson is by having the boys all wearing the same uniform.

[Tony]

, but is as out of place as a dashiki or turban would be when worn with the Boy Scouts of America uniform in the United States. Actually, the parents of the boy should show a better understanding of the reason and purpose of the Scout uniform and try to instill a degree of respect and discipline in their child by insisting that he conform to the group norm.

Sikhs are barred from Boy Scouts?
who knew?

[CoreyMacLeod]

As I mentioned the boys and I do not wear our kilts to the proper uniform meetings only to the casual ones. I understand that many units have everyone in uniform 100% of the time, our troop does not. If asked I would would defer the uniform guidelines that do not list kilts as an appropriate uniform piece. By the way, the boys all choose different Tartans, while I usually wear my Alpha's

MM

MM, you just go on and do what you do. Don't worry with everyone else. YOU are putting in the time and effort. My Boy Scout leaders were some of the only positive male role models I had when I was a kid. THAT'S what I went for, not for any uniform. Matter of fact, when that troop eventually folded and I went to one that was "BY THE BOOK" I found it to be very bland and uninteresting. I learned nothing and quickly left.

[Ozman1944]

WOW! The Uniform Police sure make the Kilt Police seem like pussycats.....

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

It's not about "the uniform police". It's about the "place of the uniform".

[macwilkin]

WOW! The Uniform Police sure make the Kilt Police seem like pussycats.....

It's not about "the uniform police". It's about the "place of the uniform".

I tend to agree with Rathdown on this particular issue. In the case of the Boy Scouts, it is about the uniform in terms of creating esprit de corps, no matter how much in the BSA want to deny the Scouts' military roots with Lord B-P.

When I worked in the park service, I noticed that the boy/cub scout troops that followed the uniform regs more closely did have more "unit cohesion" than those that didn't. The Sea Cadets I worked with were even better. I certainly understand the need to be flexible given incomes and the current state of the economy, though.

Regards,

Todd