To think girls shouldn’t wear sandals in the park?

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It’s been a beautiful day here so I was at the park. DS was on the climbing which is huge, designed for older kids, not toddlers.

There were so many girls crying and panicking getting across it because their sandals were getting trapped. Their feet were sliding out of them because of their angles, and their dresses were hindering them.

AIBU to think girls who are going to park should be put in sensible trainers and trousers? The boys were managing with ease because they were suitably dressed. A substantial amount of the girls were struggling because of what they were wearing.

You honestly can’t understand how having these on your feet would hinder you on a climbing frame?

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Both of my children have terrible coordination. DD walked into a footpath as a toddler, busting her toe open, she didn't wear toe-less shoes again.

There was plenty struggling yesterday. Their feet were falling through the sandals, they had no grip, and they couldn’t get their legs over the bars because of the restrictions of the dresses.

I wear walking sandals most of the summer. So does my brother.

they’re very popular amongst the fifty somethings where I live.

they are not flimsy and do not come off. Walking boots can be very hot in this weather and they’re a good alternative.

sandals come in many shapes and sizes and some are practical and some are not.

you’d hate New Zealand - lots of people go barefoot a lot of the time.

Just put the girls in sensible clothes so they can enjoy the park.

Mind your own business Norma. Girls can wear whatever they want to wear.

My child wears sandals with no problem in the park, but they are sturdy, Geox, closed-toe and fit.

I agree that children should wear appropriate footwear to the park. Not flip-flops, crocs, sliders etc.

Dresses don't stop girls I know, but most wear cycling shorts underneath.

Plenty of sandals would be fine - ones designed for rugged pursuits and mine climbed fine in anything

Sandals and dresses never stopped my daughters.

Each to their own. You dress your child in footwear you think appropriate, and I’ll do the same.

Sliders, crocs or badly fitted cheapo sandals yes.. but my dd has leather sandals that were fitted in Clark’s.. never held her back! She hates wearing trainers in the heat.

Well, as I say I don't know your area but none of the girls round here are so befuddled by a skirt they can't swing their legs over a bar, and the parents tend to buy shoes in the correct size for their children.

Unless they were wearing stilettos and pencil skirts I can't see how their clothes became such an issue!

No, I mean your run of the mill, common girls’ sandals.

Lovely with a dress to go out for Easter dinner or to the theatre, but ridiculous for a park.

Welll… you’re probably not going to play on the climbing frame at the park.

The girls are young children. They probably aren’t dressing themselves.

YABU. My DD prefers dresses, but is also a very capable climber. She climbs as well in her trainers or sandals. She accesses everything at the park more confidently than some children who are 2 years older regardless of outfits. Depends a bit on the style of sandals and the overall capability of the climber.

Our summer day camp only accepts closed toe shoes and I kinda thought that was standard - for boys and girls.

I will say though my daughter fights this rule much more vehemently than my son does.

Very defensive of ‘skirts’. No wonder so many young girls are being dressed in them to climb if their parents can’t figure out the obvious disadvantages to climbing in dresses.

My almost 6 year old DD won’t wear dresses to play in (or ever if she can help it). She wears cycling shorts or leggings and trainers mostly. For school she wears the “boy” style grey shorts in summer and trousers in winter. She’s the girliest, long blonde hair etc little person but can’t stand clothes that get in the way. Very sensible really.

I am baffled by how many people here refuse the obvious fact that skirts are less convenient to climb in because... I am not sure why. Feminism can't handle facts? The right to chose implies that all choices must be equally suitable for climbing?

I don't notice what other children are wearing, but I do think about what I think will be most comfortable for the situation. So with soft play parties, it's leggings. In the park, trainers and leggings/shirts/skort. I am quite risk averse so it comes from more of a place of trying to avoid accidents. But as I said, I'm not clocking other people's choices.

A few years ago I would have agreed with you but since my 7 year old has developed extreme sensory issues, I let her wear whatever she can tolerate.

I tend to agree OP, it's not practical. 'Mine managed' is a daft justification for making girls find ways to adapt in ways we never ask boys to.

Unless you are talking about under 3s (who aren't doing much serious climbing anyway) they probably are dressing themselves.

Anyway, I feel very sorry for the many girls you saw having such problems with their sandals and hope things improve for them.

Never been any kind of issue for DD or any of her friends and I'm tempted to think these types of threads are just good old-fashioned misogyny and mistrust of anything considered girlie or feminine.

Yes, there is a strange defensiveness of inappropriate clothing. Some girls will manage, but why give them extra barriers to play?

I actually climbed a whole mountain peak age 4 in flip flops. Lol. Now old me with enlarged ankles