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[quote=Anonymous]My son is in cotillion for the second year, along with a group of his friends.  There are more kids he knows this year as we were able to recruit some more kiddos to join. I think it is more fun for them all this way and it is a great chance to see ES friends as his friend group is split between 3 middle schools.

It is once every 6 weeks or so and while my son does not love it, he does not hate it.  He is not a fan of wearing a suit but he has had occasion to do so outside of cotillion and he knows how to sit properly, when to button and unbutton his jacket.  He is quite gentlemanly.

He now knows proper place settings and how to do various dances like the waltz.  One day he will be happy he knows these things.

While some of the traditions are a bit outdated (such as dresses only for girls - I don't see why nice pants wont do), like with most things in life, we take in the lessons that work for us but not all.  We are not mindless robots after all.

While I can only speak to last year as there has only been one class this year and he went with someone else, it was predominately white, as is N. Arlington so there was no shock there.

The woman who runs the Arlington program is very kind and really enjoys working with the kids.  So that is a plus.

My son will stay one more year at my request and then for HS it will be his decision

If it works for your family OP,  I think it can never hurt to learn better manners.  And all parents know there are some things our kids absorb better from others than from ourselves.

From a completely selfish perspective I can tell you that the Spring Ball was without a doubt the highlight of my year.  The parents join at the end to dance with their child. Getting dressed up and waltzing around the room with my son dressed in a suit was marvelous.  They grow up too fast so I enjoy our time together and I have to think that one day when the girl he is dancing with is not his mom, he will be happy he knows how to do it well.

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