You can never go wrong with any Nikes or Converse honestly

And liking fashion and wanting in-style things is no different than our generation. Some like it, some don't. Either is okay and no one should be guilted otherwise

^and adding to my above poster. I’ll second what another poster said. My oldest teen son in high school only wears Brooks because he likes the fit.

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Anonymous wrote:People saying Asics... really? Honest question. My 85 year old dad wears Asics, so the few times I've seen them on kids I've thought they look really odd. Do kids really like them?

Mine do. Also new balance etc. My kids (7th graders) don't care very much and neither do their friends. Expensive trendy sneakers just aren't a thing for their crowds.

I’m the other Asics/New Balance poster. My kids don’t specifically look for either brand. It’s more whatever they find that’s comfortable on their feet. They tend to get a pair and then ask me to buy the same thing online when they need a new pair. One of my kids cares very much about clothes but not sneakers.

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Anonymous wrote:People saying Asics... really? Honest question. My 85 year old dad wears Asics, so the few times I've seen them on kids I've thought they look really odd. Do kids really like them?

Mine do. Also new balance etc. My kids (7th graders) don't care very much and neither do their friends. Expensive trendy sneakers just aren't a thing for their crowds.

Asics, Brooks, New Balance and Sauconys have always had a very large brand following among the distance runner crowd at every age. Even when they aren't racing/training a lot of distance runners will prefer their feel/fit/etc. since they're used to a brand.

The girls I know who run cross country and are serious about it wear these brands even when they aren't running.

+1 for my kid, who is jock-y, not fashion-y.

Jordans

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Anonymous wrote:People saying Asics... really? Honest question. My 85 year old dad wears Asics, so the few times I've seen them on kids I've thought they look really odd. Do kids really like them?

Mine do. Also new balance etc. My kids (7th graders) don't care very much and neither do their friends. Expensive trendy sneakers just aren't a thing for their crowds.

Asics, Brooks, New Balance and Sauconys have always had a very large brand following among the distance runner crowd at every age. Even when they aren't racing/training a lot of distance runners will prefer their feel/fit/etc. since they're used to a brand.

The girls I know who run cross country and are serious about it wear these brands even when they aren't running.

My kid wears Hokas on days he has to run (and Jordans on the days he doesn't). Kids these days understand that there's a difference between fashion and getting the job done.

For girls: white air forces, mid blazers, mid Jordans

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Anonymous wrote:DD is--or was--always talking about various sneakers. Now that I want to get a pair as a surprise for her birthday, she is not mentioning anything specific. I could ask her but she already knows about the one other significant gift she is getting so I would like this to be a surprise. Are Air Force 1s still cool?

This is pathetic. You're concerned with what's in vs what she would.like. tsk tsk

Not pathetic. Op knows her child. Like lots of kids, she probably likes most of what's in at the moment, and op wants to surprise her. She also said her DD can exchange the shoes for something she likes better.

My mom did stuff like this for me when I was that age.

Yes, thank you! This is OP and I absolutely want to get her what she would like (unless super crazy expensive), which I think is probably whatever is in. She used to talk a lot about AF1s, then it was something else, then something else--when I read the responses, Air Max 270 is ringing a bell, so I think I may get those and if she wants something else, I will absolutely let her exchange it. Or if I get lucky and hear her mention something before her birthday, I will get that. (With my luck, that will happen the day after I make a purchase.) I just know my kid. Rag on her, if you want, for liking what is cool. I was the same age in middle school and got past it in HS. I turned out to be a productive member of society. I have another kid who wears what is comfortable--and they are not cool.

Converse or Nike dunks

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Anonymous wrote:People saying Asics... really? Honest question. My 85 year old dad wears Asics, so the few times I've seen them on kids I've thought they look really odd. Do kids really like them?

Mine do. Also new balance etc. My kids (7th graders) don't care very much and neither do their friends. Expensive trendy sneakers just aren't a thing for their crowds.

Asics, Brooks, New Balance and Sauconys have always had a very large brand following among the distance runner crowd at every age. Even when they aren't racing/training a lot of distance runners will prefer their feel/fit/etc. since they're used to a brand.

The girls I know who run cross country and are serious about it wear these brands even when they aren't running.

Seems like every MS student in my neighborhood is wearing Converse.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh goodness. Any sneaker that fits? My teen and tween go to school with Asics. We're in Bethesda, an affluent neighborhood, and we don't know anyone who looks at sneakers in any particular way.

i'm not like other girls!!!!!11

Imagine growing up with a mom who says stuff like about girls who don’t care about looking the “right” way. No wonder so many teen girls are mean and insecure.

pick me

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Anonymous wrote:People saying Asics... really? Honest question. My 85 year old dad wears Asics, so the few times I've seen them on kids I've thought they look really odd. Do kids really like them?

Mine do. Also new balance etc. My kids (7th graders) don't care very much and neither do their friends. Expensive trendy sneakers just aren't a thing for their crowds.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh goodness. Any sneaker that fits? My teen and tween go to school with Asics. We're in Bethesda, an affluent neighborhood, and we don't know anyone who looks at sneakers in any particular way.

i'm not like other girls!!!!!11

Imagine growing up with a mom who says stuff like about girls who don’t care about looking the “right” way. No wonder so many teen girls are mean and insecure.

pick me

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh goodness. Any sneaker that fits? My teen and tween go to school with Asics. We're in Bethesda, an affluent neighborhood, and we don't know anyone who looks at sneakers in any particular way.

i'm not like other girls!!!!!11

Imagine growing up with a mom who says stuff like about girls who don’t care about looking the “right” way. No wonder so many teen girls are mean and insecure.

you're not like other moms!!!!

Thank you!