Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles $Revision: 1.6.2.17 $; site uiucuxc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!uiucuxc!pking From: pking@uiucuxc.UUCP Newsgroups: net.kids Subject: Re: Velcro Closings Message-ID: <31400013@uiucuxc.UUCP> Date: Mon, 10-Dec-84 12:36:00 EST Article-I.D.: uiucuxc.31400013 Posted: Mon Dec 10 12:36:00 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 12-Dec-84 03:21:16 EST References: <1946@pegasus.UUCP> Lines: 20 Nf-ID: #R:pegasus:-194600:uiucuxc:31400013:000:979 Nf-From: uiucuxc!pking Dec 10 11:36:00 1984 This past fall, when I bought three new pairs of sneakers (as I do three or four times a year) I wound up with three pairs of velcro fastening shoes, for lack of anything else. For my older childern I was not terribly concerned, they had learned to tie shoes several years ago before velcro became the fashion. My three year old does not and with velcro how will she ever learn? However, the velcro shoes for her do have one distinct advantage, she is able to put on her own shoes and "tie" them herself, this is a great help when trying to get five people, three of them childern off to school/daycare/work in the morning. One of my major complaints about velcro is it does not hold it's "sticky-ness" and therefore they aren't much good when they don't stay together-- I will vouch for regular tie shoes being hard to find, I went to 7 stores before settling for velcro--In my case I have discovered it is easier to find tie sneakers for boys and than for girls--