My 9 yo has
1 pair of everyday sneakers
1 pair basketball sneakers (high tops)
1 pair of flip flops
1 pair rain boots (they've lasted several years. He wears them more in the neighborhood/weekends; never to school)
1 pair snow boots (bought those large too and are getting a few seasons out of them)
1 pair soccer cleats.
1 pair merrills as dress shoes

He really wears his everyday sneakers most of the time, even in the summer!

I have 3 boys. They each have:

One pair snowboots (Boggs)

One pair cleats for soccer/baseball

One pair sneaker

One pair water shoes (keens)

One pair slip on that act as their dressier shoe

I see no need for rainboots. When it's warm and rainy they wear their keens. When it's cold and rainy they wear their snowboots (Boggs)

1 pair sneakers.
1 pair flip flops.
If the camp requires it, one pair of close toed sandals for "creeking." We didn't need that this summer.
Rain boots.
Snow boots.

Anonymous wrote:1 pair snow boots
1 pair sneakers
1 pair flip-flops
1 pair soccer cleats
1 pair soccer sandals

Same minus soccer sandals. What are soccer sandals?

He trashes his main pair of sneakers in 4-6 weeks so we go through a lot of those. I am debating getting him some hiking boots because we are outdoorsy.

wow. I guess we're overboard in the shoe department:

5 pairs of sneakers
2 pairs of Keens
3 pairs of Crocs
Soccer cleats
Baseball cleats
rain boots
Snow boots
Hiking shoes
Dress shoes

yikes! That's 16 pairs.

My 11 year old has a pair of sneakers and some flip-flops. I will probably buy him some snow boots this fall.

5 pairs of shoes for my 10 yr old son. Crocs, Keens, sneakers, snow boots, dress shoes. I love not buying 8,000 pairs of shoes like the moms of girls I know.

1 pair of sneaks, 1 pair of crocs, 1 snow boot. Sneakers get replaced maybe every 4-5 months depending on wear or foot growth.

7 year old boy:

2 pairs of sneakers
2 pairs of Crocs (one is a "slide" and the other is a typical Croc) - year round swimmer, so we need shoes like this
1 pair of rain boots (we use these when kid goes on field trip which could be muddy, to a farm (which we visit a few times a year), exploring outside, etc.
1 pair of snow boots

9yo: 1 pair sneakers, 1 pair slip on sandals, 1 pair church shoes (currently too small so wearing sneakers to church)
7yo: all his brothers' handmedowns

they both have snow boots too. they would never wear rain boots after age 4 or so.

i love zappos for shoe and boots buying.

7 yr old

2 pair sneakers - one for muddy stuff, one not
1 pair flip flops
1 pair water shoes/athletic sandle combo

In the winter he will have
2 pair of sneakers
1 pair boots
We only buy dress or reg shoes as needed now for events. He doesn't wear them to school and his feet grow so fast.

1 pair of sneakers
1 pair of snow boots
1 pair of rain boots
2 pairs of sandals (last year's which i can't get him out of, and this years which I can't get him into)
1 pair of flip flops for the pool
1 pair of suede dessert boots
1 pair of leather shoes with a buckle

8 yr old-
1 pair sneakers
1 pair hiking boots
1 pair summer sandals
1 pair soccer cleats

11 yr old-
1 pair sneakers
1 pair hiking boots
1 pair flip flops
1 pair soccer cleats

8yo boy:
2 pr sneakers
1 pr sandals
1 pr mesh water shoes
1 pr rain boots
1 pr snow boots
1 pr soccer cleats
1 pr cowboy boots (long story....)

It sounds like a lot, but they all serve very different purposes and he wears them all. Well, the cowboy boots don't see a lot of action - but they filled their intended purpose at the time!

8 yo.: Sneakers, backup sneakers (previous pair), crocs, water shoes (which he refuses to use), snow boots

11yo: Sneakers, backup sneakers, crocs, snow boots, hiking boots (for scouts), water shoes