My 9 year old son loves these style of athletic pants. Overall they are nice. They do run large at the waist, however with the drawstring tied tightly they tend to stay up on his waist. However when my son wears them to school he has trouble with knotting the drawstring tight enough so they don't fall down on him and unfortunately that has become a problem and he has come home feeling utterly embarrassed knowing that his friends have seen his his star wars briefs.

We will keep the pants despite that they run big at the waist