Damage resistant shoes
Damage resistant shoes
My daughter (6) is aggressive abusive to her shoes. Trainers seem to last about 6 weeks before the toe is destroyed and the sole delaminating. Sketchers, or boots seem to last a bit longer, maybe 2-3 months before being annihilated.
Has anyone found a brand or range that actually holds up to the abuses a small child can throw at them? I've reach the point where I'm eyeing up composite toed builders trainers. That seems overkill however, and she doesn't like the designs available in her size (UK size 2/3).
Has anyone else ran into this problem and found a viable solution? It's getting both expensive and embarrassing. Oh, and before it's suggested, my wife has vetoed the boots from a suit of armour.
Does she ride a bike? When I was a kid, we destroyed so many shoes by using our feet as brakes.
She rides a bike, but is still working on the balancing bit. Most of the damage happens at school.
Have you asked her what she's doing with those shoes? I'm more worried that she's going to break a foot with whatever she's doing.
She's extremely rough and tumble. It's mostly crawling around and climbing/kicking stones or bricks etc. She basically ablates them on whatever is in her way. There's nothing too dangerous. It just all seems to be focused on the toes of her shoes.
I used to sell shoes for about a decade and I can tell you kid's shoes are 99% of the time lower quality because they are expected to be outgrown, so any regular trainers or runners even in higher end brands like saucony, asics, new balance are not going to last long if she's kicking bricks and such lol.
The composite toe shoes could work but I would still be worried about them hurting themselves from kicking stuff they probably shouldn't be kicking
Shoegoo, what we used as skaters to protect from the grip tape. Should get you a bit more out of them.
Or good old leather "school shoes"?
The leather school shoes are one of the current cycle. The ones with the sole wrapping over the toes seem to be the best so far. She still manages to mangle them however. They are also no good for PE or other uses.
I'll look into shoegoo however. I suspect skaters put similar wear and tear on their shoes.