After buying school shoes for my daughter, I've been used to some variety in styles and usually steer her towards the plainer/more classic styles. She can wear spangly stuff and trainers outside of school time. But! my little boy is now about to start school and I was pretty surprised and disappointed to see that every single pair of boys school shoes in my local Clarks looks and feels like a trainer, and all of them seem to have a double Velcro fastening.
Firstly, why can't boys have the option of a plainer/smarter shoe for school (laces can be elasticated if they can't manage real laces). Secondly, the store assistant said that it was because boys run around more and wear shoes in more quickly. Rubbish! Girls run about just as much as boys + it would be nice to give parents and boys the choice of a trainer style OR a proper shoe for school days. Sort it out Clarks! Am I the only person that thinks this?
It assumes that boys have no interest in fashion/style and that girls don't do rough and tumble. I thought attitudes had changed since the 1970s. What's going on?
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hopperdee · 23/08/2014 17:15
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