One thing I learned as a parent is to never say never. But this is one I feel comfortable saying.
My kids will NEVER wear wheelie shoes.
I hate them. Why?
- They turn otherwise well-behaved kids into run-away freight trains careening out of control down the aisles in Walmart. Rude and inconsiderate.
- When the kids are not wheeling, they walk on their tip toes with no bend in the arch. Bad for their feet.
- Any parent who lets their kid roll thru the aisles of public stores and sidewalks on these shoes, darting between normal pedestrians, is not the kind of parent I intend to be.
- They are not shoes. They are toys.
These shoes are banned at Pookie’s school (pre-K thru 6th grade), during school, after school, walking to school, etc…all the time. Geetle’s preschool (2-5 year olds) does not have such a policy, probably because they assume no parent of a 2-5 year old would send their child to school in them. Turns out they are wrong, Geetle knows exactly what these shoes are because “Eric” has a pair and wears them to school. But its OK, she tells me, because Ms Sofia just tells him to “turn off the wheels.”
BAGD and I went to the mall the other day. We were browsing at Steve and Barry’s University Sportswear when we were overtaken by a mop headed boy on wheelie shoes, darting in and out of the racks. His mother was trailing behind him. She passed me just as I said how much I hated those shoes and that the boy was rude. She gave me a look. I gave it back. I assume she saw my pregnant belly and that I had no kids in tow and assumed I was a first time parent. She probably thought, “Oh, just wait. You don’t understand at all.” Well, I do understand, whether I have kids or not. Those shoes are dangerous to me, as the person your kid races past and scoots around. Would you let your kid ride his bike thru Steve and Barry’s? Would you let him squirt me with his new water pistol? No? Well then, tell him to walk like a normal boy and save the recreation equipment for the playground.
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Rock on! I’m with you. I hate those “shoes” too. Every time I see some kid shooting down the sidewalk, I yearn for a crack.
Not because I want him/her hurt. But because it’ll help them slow down…
cant kids be kids anymore?
sure, they can be kids. They can take their shoes to a playground and play there. I don’t want to see those shoes at the grocery store.
I just found your blog.
I HATE those shoes too. New persepective for ya: I used to wait tables at an Italian Place. We didn’t use trays, rather we carried the large dishes on our arms. Some kid wearing those stupid shoes made me spill hot soup AND alfredo sauce all over my arms, causing burns. That was two years ago, I still hate those shoes. I will never, ever let my kid wear them. (Yeah, I don’t use the never word either, but this is also my exception!)
Thanks for the bonding moment
Just read your blog, and you know what? You’re a nutcase! One of those mums I see. First of all if kids are considerate, that depends on how they are brought up, not on the shoes they wear. If they know how to behave – they know so regardless.
secondly, the wheels are either detachable or most times they are retractable, I.e. they go back in the shoe – so no need for them to tip toe, you just need to do your reaseach and buy the good ones, that’sall – as with anything.
your third point is just plain stupid, as its the same as the first, and so is my response.
and lastly, they are shoes which are also fun to wear! so what? ‘they are toys, not shoes’ – and your point is? kids are supposed to have fun, they learn to have a better balance and coordination, and so what if they get to laugh a little? you must be one funny lady.
Thank you for your comment. I also think you are a nutcase. Carry on.
Well….I believe it isn’t the shoe rather the child in them. My three children are so well behaved. Two of them had these and were not allowed to wear them in such places as stores but were allowed to have them and use them in places appropriate. I don’t feel that not allowing your child to have them is necessarily right if you have based your reason because of how some other children have inappropriately used them. If your children are dying to have a pair, let them! Just teach them the right and wrong way of doing things. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist!
By the way….your children are beautiful!!