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[quote=Anonymous][i]4. Making sure my kids have actual brand name shoes. It’s seems so stupid but growing up I ALWAYS had Payless/k mart/walk at shoes and kids know. They just know. Did not having name brand shoes growing up make me a better person? No it didn’t-it just made me have to deal with teasing from other kids on the regular about my cheap shoes.[/i]

OP, you wrote the above.

The funny things is, my father was a leather goods and shoe repairman who owned more than store. He hated cheap shoes that couldn't be repaired and had to be thrown away.

We weren't "poor" but not wealthy, either. My shoe repairman father insisted on always buying leather shoes from places like "Steve's Shoes." My sister was born with a disability, where she had to wear casts and then leg braces for a few years. She sometimes looked like she wore Doc Marten shoes before they were popular.

My dad hated the trend of men wearing Nike tennis shoes made in China instead of when men used to wear Florsheim dress shoes. He sometimes sold Florsheim's in his shops.

You're right. Kids do know about shoes. However, a lot of shoes at Payless were "cute" and stylish.

Today for me, it's not about name brand shoes, but about finding any quality shoes that aren't made in a factory in China somewhere. Shoes used to be made in Italy and Brazil. Not anymore. [/quote]

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