AUSSIE PODIATRIST PROVIDES SCHOOL SHOE BUYING ADVICE

Forget school uniforms, forget lunches. As summer holidays come to an end, school shoes are far and away the most Googled topic for families with children going back to school. "Your children’s feet will spend most of their growth period in school shoes," says the Australian Podiatry Association. "Whether your child is standing, sitting, walking, running, jumping, or skipping, their feet are always on the move."

 

Dr. Alicia James

 

Does more expensive always equal better? It depends who you ask. "Gone are the days where you have to spend top dollar for school shoes," says Dr. Alicia James, a podiatrist at Kingston Foot Clinic in Cheltenham. "If you can recognize the good features of school shoes, and you pick them up on sale, or you walk into a Target and it’s got all the features, then you’re a good shopper rather than being caught up in the fact that it’s not the brand – especially if they’re going to go through three pairs in a year."

 

Source: Madeleine Heffernan, Jessica Greenan, and Mikayla Van Loon, Brisbane Times [1/22/20]

Courtesy of Barry Block, editor of PM News.