Children's shoes: the most suitable features based on age!
Choosing the right shoes for your child is really important and, at times, it is difficult to find your way around the many products on the market. Of course, the right shoes must meet the criteria of comfort, flexibility and lightness, but there are also specific characteristics which vary according to age and which should be taken into serious consideration.
The right shoe is the one that helps your child to assume good posture, a very important requirement in the growth phase, when the bones are still forming! Choosing the right shoes helps to avoid problems in the future. Then discover with us what are the essential characteristics of children's shoes according to their age group to respect the physiology and the harmonious development of their feet. With the right shoes, your child won't see the time to put them on!
The most suitable shoes for children in the 12-14 month range
Choosing shoes suitable for a child between the ages of 12 and 14 months requires some attention. In this phase, in fact, the child takes his first steps and must be able to do it in comfort and safety, so as to acquire 100% correct posture.
So what are the characteristics that a shoe must have in this phase? First of all it is necessary that it gives the foot the right support, but without forcing it: the shoes must be comfortable, without them being able to slip off easily with the continuous movement of the child! The ideal is then to choose a pair high up to the ankle, which embrace the foot without making it feel caged.
It will also be good to choose shoes in materials that do not cause any friction with the skin of the child who, we know well, is particularly sensitive at that age. Then prefer delicate materials, but that do not give way, even better if natural like leather and fabrics. You can also focus on newer and more technical materials, but you have to make sure they are soft and breathable.
The soles most suitable for shoes for the 12-14 month range must certainly be flexible on the toe and well supported on the heel, so as to ensure that the child has a good grip on the ground. Better if wide, in correspondence of the fingers: they are more comfortable. Rubber or leather, as long as with non-slip inserts, for a secure footing.
As for the closures, on the other hand, you can choose between the tear-off ones (much more comfortable to put on and take off) or those with laces or buckles: in this case it will also be more difficult for your child to remove them by himself and, moreover, you will be able to adjust them according to the growth and formation of the foot. The important thing is that they guarantee the necessary safety: it is necessary to prevent them from slipping off on their own or from tripping over.
15 months-5 years: these are the characteristics of the shoes suitable for this age group
For children aged between 15 months and 5 years, another important feature also comes into play: endurance. Your child has now become a little explorer and it is increasingly difficult for mom to keep up with him and stop him! then shoes equipped with soft and comfortable uppers, but which are also resistant to its… raids.
The right soles for this age must be flexible and capable of protecting the foot intent on taking on new adventures. Compared to the first months, the foot is no longer so chubby, it has tapered and requires a shaping capable of adapting to these new characteristics. .
It will also be necessary to choose shoes that guarantee correct perspiration: your child, in continuous movement, will end up sweating, and it is therefore important that the shoes allow the correct circulation of air. In this way the excess humidity can escape and the presence of breathable materials will make it easier to exchange with the outside of the shoe, especially in closed environments or in the hottest months
Shoes for children in the age group 6-10: the basic requirements
By now your son has become a little man or a beautiful young lady! He carries out a thousand activities, from school to sport, and he really never seems to get tired. The shoes suitable for him must be suitable to keep up with him, guaranteeing resistance, flexibility and comfort.
So look for shoes with truly indestructible soles, comfortable uppers and secure closures! But above all: by now the child has developed his own taste and has specific requests also in terms of aesthetics. Be happy with it, but don't give in to fashion if it means putting aside the quality of the product: the health of the foot and, consequently, the posture of the whole body, must be in the first place.
Furthermore, the risk at this age is that children always want to wear sneakers only, when it would be better to get them used to a correct rotation, choosing the most suitable shoe for every occasion. Try, then, to please both you and him, always on condition that they are comfortable, light and breathable.
Selection guide: how to check if the number is correct
In reality, it is very easy to understand if our child is wearing a shoe of the exact size: just follow these little 5 tips.
1. The heel must adhere to the back of the shoe.
2. The baby must be able to stretch the entire sole of the foot well and naturally.
3. You should exert a slight pressure on the big toe to check if there is a space of about one centimeter between the fingertips and the front toe of the shoe. In this case, it is the right shoe!
4 If your child is very small, open the shoe as far as possible and push the presser foot fully forward.
5. Finally, if a finger enters the space that remains between the heel and the rear inside of the shoe, then the measurement can be considered correct.
Don't forget to try on both the right and left shoes, because you know, we often have a slightly different foot from the other and it is good to check that both shoes are comfortable.
