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Shoe Choosing Tips for Back to School
- Back to school is the busiest time for shoe shops. If you can, shop early to avoid the worst of the queues and to have more choice.
- Make sure your child is wearing the type of socks that they will be normally be wearing with their school shoes when you buy them. This will help ensure a good fit.
- Measuring feet is only a guide. A good shoe shop will always check the fit of both shoes on the feet.
- Choose a shoe that gives stability and protection to feet, which are still soft and vulnerable. An ideal shoe should be soft and flexible, with breathing leather uppers and a fully adjustable fastening for a snug fit.
- Choose a shop that offers shoes in width fittings and half sizes and that has trained staff who can expertly fit them. Less than a third of children are 'average' fitting so foot measurement and correct fitting are vital to a pair of feet.
- Fitted shoes have growing room to ensure good fit throughout the life of the shoe. It's not necessary to buy a larger shoe than one which is fitted. In fact, shoes that are too big can do as much damage as shoes that are too small and they look scruffy much more quickly.
- After a summer in trainers or sandals school shoes will feel strange. Encourage your child to wear their new shoes for an hour or two around the house before the school term commences. On a normal school day a child wears shoes for around 10 hours and a little time to get used to new shoes before the first day of term is very helpful.
- A good shoe shop will offer a free fitting check. For a school-age child this will be after 3-4 months and then as required until the shoes are outgrown. Most children of school age grow around a whole shoe size each year.
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