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PLEASE help me find some tween sandals!

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candycanetime · 25/01/2026 17:28

I'm going absolutely potty trying to find something suitable. We are going travelling for 3 weeks around Asia and I do not know what to put on my tween daughters feet! She's just started secondary school and is refusing to wear half the ones I've suggested!
Criteria...
Preferably white
She has narrow feet
She has flat feet so something a bit more supportive and not thin straps
Not crocs as her feet roll in in them and we will be doing a fair bit of walking
Ditto with sliders
Has to have a rear ankle strap
Preferably wipe clean material and not leather
Could go with a trainer type shoe as long as she deems it "cool"
She's had the Nike sunray sandals before but they only go up to a size 2.5
She absolutely will not wear a walking sandal!
Any ideas?!

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candycanetime · 25/01/2026 17:29

Would rather not put her in trainers as her feet get super stinky!

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bestbefore · 25/01/2026 17:34

how old and what’s the budget?

candycanetime · 25/01/2026 17:35

12 and £50.

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candycanetime · 25/01/2026 17:35

Size 3!

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candycanetime · 25/01/2026 17:37

To give you an idea she currently has Nike and adidas trainers, Nike sliders, 2 pairs of crocs and some uggs. So you can see she's all about the brand! Showed her Adidas sandals and she hated them! Showed her crocs sandals (not the clogs) and ditto.

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bellocchild · 25/01/2026 18:29

Teva sandals are still quite fashionable. They have good supportive footbeds.

MostlyGhostly · 25/01/2026 18:48

DSD is 18 and for a few years now has been getting herself Birkenstock style sandals for our holidays and at tween/ early teens she had crocs. You can also pick up DM sandals from Vinted if she likes those

candycanetime · 25/01/2026 18:55

Ooohhh I'll show her the Uggs thanks. And look up some birkenstocks. I have just bought some crocs sandals on Vinted in the hope that she might come around to them! Even if she just wears them for 3 weeks where none of her friends are in the same country as her!

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candycanetime · 25/01/2026 18:56

Oh and I'll check out Teva. I have very similar feet to her. Have passed them down to the poor kid! And I do crocs sliders but make a conscious effort to keep my feet straight in them. Her feet almost go diagonal in crocs even though she loves them!

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christmassytimeagain · 25/01/2026 19:24

My kids all wore trainers travelling around Asia. I wouldn’t do it but it wasn’t my feet

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