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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
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Posted: Mon Dec 10 12:36:00 1984
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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--