Kid Gloving

To handle it with kid gloves is to treat the subject delicately. The phrase implies an attempt to manage what is at hand with a velvet touch. It can be a positive quality, involving civility, diplomacy, and discretion. It does not necessarily imply coddling of those who would be better spanked. And it has nothing to do with children. Kid as "child" is the old Scandinavian word for a young goat, in…