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From: cindy@ada-uts.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.kids
Subject: Re: Orphaned Response
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Date: Mon, 27-Jan-86 13:58:00 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan 27 13:58:00 1986
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Nf-From: ada-uts!cindy    Jan 27 13:58:00 1986


     I recently went to Stride Rite to buy shoes for my 10 mo. old.  She
has started to walk along the furniture, and she refuses to leave her
socks on (it's cold here in January).  I chose a pair of their soft
leather soled training shoes.  They had a couple of pamflets on children's
shoes.  One included a list of 10 most asked questions about children's
shoes.  This basically said that shoes help stability, and keep the toddler
from stubbing his toes( toddlers don't watch their feet!).  Flat leather
soles were recommended over sneakers for several reasons.  The flat soles
offer more stability over curved rubber soles.  Rubber soles tend to be
stiffer, not allowing the toes to curve.  Rubber soles tend to 'stick'
on the floor causing the child to tumble. And sneakers tend to come in
only a medium width, so they don't fit well.  Megan has a EE width so
this was important to me.

     BTW, Stride Rite does sell sneakers so this isn't just a ploy to get
you to choose their shoes.

                   Cindy Baehr

NET: {harpo, allegro, bellcore, ihnp4}!inmet!ada-uts!cindy

I do not work for Stride Rite shoes.

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