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submitted 1 month ago by cynar@lemmy.world to c/parenting@lemmy.world

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.

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[-] ReanuKeeves@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

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.

[-] cynar@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

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.

[-] ReanuKeeves@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

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

[-] cynar@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

She's fairly good about not injuring herself. Toes and knees feel pain, so she protects them. Unfortunately, shoes don't, so they are fair game to scrape and tear as convenient. She tends not to kick things explicitly. It's more she does things like trailing her toe up the small wall she's climbing, so she doesn't accidentally kick it.

Shoe quality wise, I've definitely noticed they are nowhere near as robust as adult shoes. The work shoes started out as a complete joke idea. Unfortunately I've still to come up with anything better.

Looks like I need to find the girliest little safety trainers I can find.

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