Children inspiring good, passion, and tact (3,6)
I believe the answer is:
kid gloves
'and tact' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'children inspiring good passion' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'good' could be 'g' (abbreviation) and 'g' is found in the answer.
'passion' could be 'love' (synonyms) and 'love' is present in the answer.
'children' could be 'kids' ('kid' can be a synonym of 'child') and 'kids' is found in the leftover letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for kid gloves that I've seen before include "essential wear for diplomats?" , "Leather hand coverings" .)