The science in buying school shoes for your kids

To make your kids’ school shoes last longer, make sure that you buy them two pairs every school year, so that they would not have to wear the same pair of shoes everyday, and also to allow their shoes to “breath”. This method worked for me through the years. Although sometimes, due to budget concerns, I am not able to buy them two pairs at the beginning of the school year, I make it a point that I buy a second pair during the middle part of the year. This is only for the black shoes for their daily uniform. A pair of rubber shoes is also needed for their Physical Education classes. And this is where I save a lot of money because most of the times, a good pair of rubber shoes can last for two school years.

I let my kids choose their own school shoes, although they still consult me when it comes to the design and of course, the cost. But my youngest daughter is the more independent one. Once she has set her mind on the pair of shoes that she saw and she liked it, it would take a lot of reasoning to convince her otherwise. From my experience in letting her choose her own shoes, the cost would be one of the reasons for her to be convinced that I cannot buy the particular shoes for her, because I raised my kids in a way that they are aware of the budgetary cost of every item that we buy within the family.

End of the school year is again fast approaching. And once again, in a few months’ time, new school shoes will be needed, and I’m sure my kids will be excited to go shopping again.