With the nice weather finally here, parents will be looking for fun footwear for their kids and ways to keep them moving and outside. The problem is the footwear that our kids want to don are not the safest. Check out what I have to say about two of the more popular shoes kids are wearing, Crocs and Heelys, over at MomLogic before you let your kids wear these the wrong way.
Like everything, it’s all about common sense and proper use. Most things can be safe is used as intended.
Where heelys are concerned, if they were safe and reasonable for regular use, would stores need signs like this?
It is annoying to be walking through the grocery store and have some teenybopper in Heelys sideswipe me. And I’m pretty agile – I would guess toddlers and elderly people do get knocked over from time to time. What are these kids’ parents thinking? No sign should be necessary!
Wow, that’s a great sign.
Surprisingly, I haven’t seen any of those signs. The shoes don’t appear to be as popular, but sometimes I’ll see a kid flying through the airport or the mall.
They look like a lot of fun but I’m sure kids are more likely to get hurt, especially if there are wet floors they don’t know about.