School shoes

Does not wearing shoes "encourage" flat footedness? I doubt it. So why would flat shoes?

Yeah they are lace up ones

Yeah there lyase up ones

I am not sure that their feet need support - in the wild we would have gone barefoot and feet are designed for that. I agree that shoes which need to be kept on by screwing up the toes are bad. If the plimsolls fit and are properly secured I cannot see the problem, except if it is pouring with rain - but wet feet are not the end of the world.

Oops - slipped up there Liza!

His feet will; be fine in them. But they're not going to be waterproof are they? That's a bit worrying. Perhaps you could manage a second pair, so if one pair gets wet on the way to school he could into the other ones.

I suppose I always wore good 'sensible' leather shoes (except when I was a teenager of course) and my feet are flat as pancakes and terrible (hereditary).

So it probably doesn't matter then - I thought they were those things they wear for PE with no support - if they are the type of lace-up canvas shoes/boots my DD used to favour then I should think they are OK if he has good feet anyway.
DD wore converse ones (not for school though), and Vans are quite expensive - where did you find them for a fiver?

I meant - he could change into the other pair. sorry about typing.

they are probably these Rosequartze.

Ok if it doesn't rain a lot - or snow - or you suffer from cheesy feet

I am sorry I totally cocked up your name there rosequartz

I think you should buy a job lot of cheapo plimsolls from ebay for your son and your daughter, Liza. Why should she get the Vans and not him?

That's OK, I am used to people cocking up my real name

Oh, I didn't read it properly, she gets Vans and he gets cheapies!!

That is so unfair

Any secondary schools I have known have forbidden plimsolls as school shoes and insisted on leather ones. These do not have to be as expensive as Clarks or Start Rite as there are many cut price shoe stores that stock cheaper versions. Sorry, but I do think that plimsolls look scruffy.

There's no anatomical reason why children should wear leather shoes.

My concern is only about the lad's warmth and not getting wet feet as plimsolls won't keep him warm and dry but at 12 he is old enough to know.
If he is choosing , and is allowed, to wear the plimsolls at school well his lookout! If he would prefer more waterproof/warm shoes then I would be inclined to get him some!

I think the OP was a wind-up, there are many clues.

Carry on giving advice if you want to, but I'm sure Liza has got the responses she/he wanted from us already!

Yeah but he doesn't mind I think

Next time should i make my daughter wear shoe zone ones asewll instead of vans ?

Ana will know that we rarely agree but I am with her 100% on this!
Tick, tock!

Get them both a pair of wellies, so cool they're cold.

Corse I'm real I don't think wellies would fit the uniform policy far from it

I've decided to let him even tho they look scruffy but u think it looks cool my mum won't like it but I'm not prepared to make him wear proper school shoes again he had to most of his time at primary school

Would u agree ?