I was able to hold off until middle school and high school. Funnily enough, my kid who loves sneakers refuses to wear clothing you can readily identify.

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Anonymous wrote:Stop caring and judging what other people buy (or don’t buy) for their kids. Let’s start there.

Meh. I’ll be judgy if your kid turns into a materialistic brat that can’t be nice to others. But her as long as they get good grades and oily sports, right?

There is not necessarily a correlation between kids (or adults) who have a lot of stuff and not being able to be nice to others. Way to reach.

It’s not the amount of stuff it’s the mentality that shoes matter as some sort of social marker and fashion statement. Fitting into trends and peer pressure is the key factor that leads to issues.

My husbands parents raised him like this and now he buys himself exactly what he wants having been forced to wear Kmart shoes and jeans by his thrifty anti materialism parents. His parents now admit it was wrong to do that. So buy yourself whatever but don’t do that to your kids.

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Anonymous wrote:they are the same price as any sneaker? my 6 year old has them. They are $65

lol. The life you live. I have a kid who has always been really into shoes a dive indulged that so I am not criticizing someone spending a lot on shoes. That said, there are tons of sneakers to be had for less than $65. Tons. Not many Nikes, that’s all.

My son has flat feet and orthotics so I can’t buy the $30 shoe that will fall apart and have a hole in them a month. I spend a bit more and they last longer. You just buy cheaper shoes more often. Invest in a good pair that won’t have the sole separate after a few wears and you’ll save money in the long run.

A weird typo messed up my post but I don't buy cheap shoes. My 13 year old has always been into shoes and I indulge that. She is not otherwise all that materialistic. I was just remarking on the comment that "they are the same price as any sneaker" because that just is not true at all.

They aren’t that out there in price. It’s hardly going to shock and awe anyone over $65 shoes.

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Anonymous wrote:They aren’t good for foot health. Not a good choice for growth and development.

What is your kid shoe of choice then?

Plae is good. Stride rite is a good value option.

Foot health is important. Shoes should be tools first and fashion second.

Are you a mom of a preschooler? I don’t know of any 3rd graders wearing Stride Rite.

Agree!! Plae? Do they even make shoes in big kid sizes?

I agree with your premise but that means I took my kids to a running store and had their feet measured and gaits looked at and spent $75 on a pair of new blanace for one and saucony for the other. Stride Rite, lol.

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Anonymous wrote:Stop caring and judging what other people buy (or don’t buy) for their kids. Let’s start there.

Meh. I’ll be judgy if your kid turns into a materialistic brat that can’t be nice to others. But her as long as they get good grades and oily sports, right?

There is not necessarily a correlation between kids (or adults) who have a lot of stuff and not being able to be nice to others. Way to reach.

It’s not the amount of stuff it’s the mentality that shoes matter as some sort of social marker and fashion statement. Fitting into trends and peer pressure is the key factor that leads to issues.

So you and your kids wear clothes made of flour sacks? I think it’s fine and normal for kids to have fashion preferences. If mine wants sneakers that look a certain way, that’s fine by me.

Stride rite lol

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Anonymous wrote:they are the same price as any sneaker? my 6 year old has them. They are $65

lol. The life you live. I have a kid who has always been really into shoes a dive indulged that so I am not criticizing someone spending a lot on shoes. That said, there are tons of sneakers to be had for less than $65. Tons. Not many Nikes, that’s all.

My son has flat feet and orthotics so I can’t buy the $30 shoe that will fall apart and have a hole in them a month. I spend a bit more and they last longer. You just buy cheaper shoes more often. Invest in a good pair that won’t have the sole separate after a few wears and you’ll save money in the long run.

A weird typo messed up my post but I don't buy cheap shoes. My 13 year old has always been into shoes and I indulge that. She is not otherwise all that materialistic. I was just remarking on the comment that "they are the same price as any sneaker" because that just is not true at all.

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Anonymous wrote:They aren’t good for foot health. Not a good choice for growth and development.

What is your kid shoe of choice then?

Plae is good. Stride rite is a good value option.

Foot health is important. Shoes should be tools first and fashion second.

Are you a mom of a preschooler? I don’t know of any 3rd graders wearing Stride Rite.

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Anonymous wrote:Stop caring and judging what other people buy (or don’t buy) for their kids. Let’s start there.

Meh. I’ll be judgy if your kid turns into a materialistic brat that can’t be nice to others. But her as long as they get good grades and oily sports, right?

There is not necessarily a correlation between kids (or adults) who have a lot of stuff and not being able to be nice to others. Way to reach.

It’s not the amount of stuff it’s the mentality that shoes matter as some sort of social marker and fashion statement. Fitting into trends and peer pressure is the key factor that leads to issues.

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Anonymous wrote:They aren’t good for foot health. Not a good choice for growth and development.

What is your kid shoe of choice then?

Plae is good. Stride rite is a good value option.

Foot health is important. Shoes should be tools first and fashion second.

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Anonymous wrote:Stop caring and judging what other people buy (or don’t buy) for their kids. Let’s start there.

Meh. I’ll be judgy if your kid turns into a materialistic brat that can’t be nice to others. But her as long as they get good grades and oily sports, right?

There is not necessarily a correlation between kids (or adults) who have a lot of stuff and not being able to be nice to others. Way to reach.

Anonymous wrote:Is it just normal for dmv parents to buy their 8 year old multiple pairs of air Jordan’s? Seems excessive to me.

If your kid outgrows them quickly without damaging them too much, they can be resold at a good price. It's an odd type of commodity, for sure, but not necessarily a bad use of money.

^Sorry that came off as judgier than I wanted. I am referring to people who are arguing against anybody spending the extra $15/year. If you want to spend on coffee but save on shoes, fine. But I think it’s silly to criticize people spending on shoes when by and large people are unnecessarily spending on other frivolous things.

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Anonymous wrote:they are the same price as any sneaker? my 6 year old has them. They are $65

lol. The life you live. I have a kid who has always been really into shoes a dive indulged that so I am not criticizing someone spending a lot on shoes. That said, there are tons of sneakers to be had for less than $65. Tons. Not many Nikes, that’s all.

My son has flat feet and orthotics so I can’t buy the $30 shoe that will fall apart and have a hole in them a month. I spend a bit more and they last longer. You just buy cheaper shoes more often. Invest in a good pair that won’t have the sole separate after a few wears and you’ll save money in the long run.

This makes a lot of sense for teens or even middle schoolers. 8 yr old feet still growing !

The good shoes wear about at about the same rate of growth. The garbage shoes last maybe one month or two. You kid isn’t going up a size every 30 days.

People trying save $15 over the course of a year on the child’s shoe is weird. I’m not talking about people who actually have to scrimp and save to eat and pay rent/childcare. But I look around and people are buying soft drinks and popcorn at movies (heck I don’t even go to the movies bc of price), or paying a crazy amount for prepackaged snacks. “Coffee” drinks I see people paying $5-6 for.

I do buy non-air Nikes for my child, but we are not spending $2-3 pp on drinks either.

Anonymous wrote:They aren’t good for foot health. Not a good choice for growth and development.

What is your kid shoe of choice then?