Choosing the correct shoe type of shoe for your children is incredibly important to their proper development – check out our guide below:
Shoes for your child should have the following qualities:
- Lightweight
- Should not limit the child’s ability to move
- Flat
- Shoes should NOT have an arch
- This simulates barefoot walking
- Exceptions do exist in pathological conditions
- Arches limit the ability of a child’s foot to develop naturally
- Smooth
- Sole of the shoe should be smooth
- Avoid rubber soles
- Sole of the shoe should be smooth
- Flexible / Soft
- Your child’s shoes should not limit important toe and foot mobility
- Shoes should not restrict the growing feet
- No heel
- Shoes should be flat