for many many reasons I meant it quite light heartedly, I'll probably get shot down now but here goes....
My sister is so so so so soft with my Nephew, it drives me INSANE and she has always always bought him velcro shoes, to the extent of going out of her way to get them. He is shortly going to secondary school.....and has no idea how to fasten a lace. Although now he has football boots and so think he has had to give it a go. By the way he has NO special needs whatsoever, just wraps his mum round his little finger, and she treats my niece very very differntly. So I probably have a hang up of not wanting my son to be like his cousin and velcro shoes are just part of it.
Also, I usually work in schools and I HATE it when they sit there undoing it over and over and then stick it to the carpet and RIIIIIIIIP it off again. Very irritating. LEAVE YOUR SHOES ALONE. Then sometimes when they go to get up they fall over as they've stuck themselves to the carpet.
I prefer the look of a buckle or a lace and I hate the fluff that gathers on velcro. Also, on myself for example, I would have to pull it that far over it is hangong down over the other side of the shoe and onto the floor.
Oh AND I hate that nearly always in say Clarks, that's the only choice there is generally.
There!! All silly pet hates really, but it just seems that I am always drawn to a shoe without it for DS.
Dunoon, have either of you got any rough plans as to what you will maybe do together?