Posted by
kiwimmc
16 yrs ago
Have 2 kids - same sex. I have kept the shoes of the older but just wondering if it is ok for the younger one to wear them or should I be buying a whole new batch of shoes...
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The shoes adapt to the foot so it is not technically ok to inherit them. However it feels wasteful to just throw them out. I would say that if it were a huge problem pediatricians would be telling parents about it. We let the younger one inherit. She also gets her own new shoes (and clothes) from time to time so she doesn't only wear hand-me-downs.
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hand-me-downs have been an accepted part of every multi-sibling family I have ever known...including shoes if they're still intact and comfortable
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I have kept some for my younger son, but not all. My older son tends to have 3 pairs of shoes at any one time - school/ smart shoes, a pair of crocs and a pair of trainers. He only wears the trainers once or twice a week so I keep them. If he has not worn a pair of shoes much I keep them. Crocs tend to get wrecked and I usually offer them to a maid I know who usually is very happy to inherit them. I've also kept the soft leather baby shoes as my son never walked in them.
I do think shoes mould to a child's feet but some of our shoes have not been given the chance to do so due to light use.
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Z
16 yrs ago
I grew up in a largish family [7 kids in total] and the one thing that we never handed down was shoes. My parents had a pretty strict rule about no more than 2 pairs of shoes per kid at a time [one nice and one for play], so they were pretty well used by the time each kid was finished with them. With my two, I am a little bit more lenient [my 3yo has 4 pairs of shoes right now!: sandals, sneaks, snowboots and inside shoes for kindy] but we still don't hand down shoes.
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