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.

My ds and dd both wear/wore sandals but sturdy ones that their feet don’t slip out of. I agree it’s a shame if girls are wearing inappropriate clothes for the activities.

Their feet were literally falling out of the sandals. I said this in the OP and multiple times since. It is blatantly obvious that girls aren’t just worse climbers.

I suspect the OP means some of the children were in flip flop slip off type sandals which are indeed flimsy - not the more solid sporty type sandals or covered toe type.

I saw a little girl today driving her father mad as she wandered along the pavement very slowly staring down at her feet admiring her (possibly new) flip flops 😁and then lost one altogether when he grabbed her hand and tried to get her to run for a bus.

Eh?

I’ve always thought female fashion is often restrictive , and uncomfortable

But that’s your opinion. Other people are free to disagree with you.

My daughter wears sandals and dresses in the park. She is 3.5 and she asks to wear dresses every day. I make sure they are not too long so she doesn’t get caught in them but she has no problems really. Sandals aren’t my first choice for the park but she can play/climb in them as they have straps to keep them in place, are well fitting and have good soles.

if she says she wants to go climbing in a dress, I am not going to fight her on that (though I do put cycling shorts underneath.)

At least they weren't wearing crocs! That's all I see kids wearing at the park absolute negligent parenting allowing kids to wear those ugly things.

Perhaps they’d been somewhere else and don’t usually wear them to the park.

Perhaps their parents are sick of arguing about clothing and allowed them to wear them so their children can learn the value of natural consequences.

Perhaps they were the only pair they could afford this Summer (£7 for a flimsy pair for Primark vs over £40 for a more practical pair from Clark’s).

Perhaps it is ultimately up to those parents and their DDs to decide amongst themselves eh? 🤷🏻‍♀️

Go to any busy park and compare the shoes of the boys and girls. No point in being in denial about it. Girls awe treated differently and it impacts them.

You’re a mum of boys only aren’t you OP?

Sure, whatever. Obviously many people disagree and that’s why their daughters are prevented from being able to enjoy parks like boys and sensibly shoed girls can.

I’m surprised you saw quite so many little girls struggling to keep their sandals on their feet or manoeuvre their legs in dresses all on the same day. I expect there’s a touch of hyperbole going on. If their feet are falling out of their sandals, it sounds more like a fitting issue surely? I agree on the dress front, they’re not terribly practical for climbing. I get a bit irritated by dresses (although I wear them nuch of the time!) and I don’t do very much scrambling and climbing at all these days!

My boy wears sandals sometimes, sometimes crocs, sometimes trainers, mostly wellies… they all get thrown to me almost the moment we enter the park so he can hoof it around barefoot. I’m all for it but we’ve certainly had lots of judgy looks before. Other parents often find something to judge.

Ok well maybe your thread should be girls should wear well fitting sandals to the park ?

My girls were usually in Clarkes outlet sandals but well fitting and nothing hindered them.

It's clearly a fitting issue not a sandal issue.

Both my DS & DD have sturdy, trainer style sandals (like mountain warehouse bay junior but different brand).They are absolutely fine in the park.

Obviously, but one can have an opinion.

Trainers in Primark are no more expensive than sandals, either.

that’s why their daughters are prevented from being able to enjoy parks like boys and sensibly shoed girls can.

Were there no boys in sandals? All the boys are in sandals at our park on hot days. Or the inevitable crocs.

Fucking Hell. Have you never been to a busy park?

It's a nice story but I suggest, considering neither me nor many of the other posters have any clue what you're on about, you may be stretching the truth. What reason you have for doing that I don't know. Maybe you work for sports direct.

Sandals shouldn’t be preventing anything, unless you mean flip flops, which apparently you don’t.

It's a park not an army assault course sandals are fine. I've never been to a park and noticed this. Agree with pp your being hyperbolic. I have a boy and a girl, my boy wears trainers, he's more likely to have an accident than my dd was at his age as he would be messing around on the play equipment. Dd would be sensible and had very good Co ordination in sandals or trainers. Some kids are just wimpy and squinny a lot, I think these are the kids you came across not really that their sandals were the issue.

Sandals are a very traditional summer footwear for boys and fine for running and climbing. Are you talking about flip flops ?

I didn’t see a single boy struggling, no. I can’t say for certain that none were in sandals, but obviously they wouldn’t wear the strappy type Im talking about.

Agree.

Number of times I had 18 month+ dd2 wearing a dress and sandals charging across climbing things where other children were refusing or hesitating. She's also missing a hand so definitely attitude of not letting anything hinder her. She refused trousers for years.
dd1 was very careful, ds between the two.