When buying shoes for children, most parents like to choose soft cloth shoes, cloth shoes or travel shoes, but rarely choose leather shoes. In fact, leather shoes have the most comprehensive functions in all footwear and are more suitable for children's long-term wear than other shoes.
"Now the children from 3 to 17 years old have serious irregularities in their feet. The 'figure feet' and 'flat feet' are several times larger than they were 10 years ago. This has a lot to do with not wearing shoes!" He Li, senior engineer at the Research Institute of Health and Children's Shoes at the Institute of Shoe Industry and Technology, said that the foot is the "heel" of the person and the foot is deformed. The body's center of gravity will be destroyed and it will cause many problems for the body's health.
Most foreign children wear leather shoes. Some developed countries even use children's leather shoes as health care products. Students are encouraged to wear leather shoes as much as possible except for exercise and play. However, in China, parents who often wear leather shoes for children are still a minority.
According to Qiu Li, from the point of view of the craft of leather shoes, the front and back of the shoes are hard, preventing toe injuries and helping the foot, foot and foot joints to maintain balance in the development of children, so that the corresponding foot Support, maintain a good foot shape and develop correct walking posture; also can correct some children's different degrees of "Fengjiao" formed in the 4 to 10 years old. Cloth shoes, sports shoes, and casual shoes cannot ensure that the feet are straight in the shoes, and the feet are easily pressed to the inside or outside, and the toes may be deformed.
Hooked heart (protruded cushion) is added to the flank of the leather shoes to not only support the foot and maintain the shape of the shoe, but also prevent the foot from touching the outside of the flank of the waist and causing the little toe The five metatarsal areas are pushed outward. Of course, it can also promote the growth of the lateral arch of the lateral foot, improve the elasticity of the arch, increase the stability of children when walking, and reduce the damage to the arch.
In addition, the heel of leather shoes has a good shock absorption. Today's roads are cement or asphalt roads, with a strong hardness. The growth of the ankle in children is still unstable, and often wear shoes, cloth shoes, and travel shoes without heels. The vibration of the calcaneus is large, and the child's ankle is vulnerable. It also affects the knee, waist, and cervical spine.
From the perspective of materials and hygiene, the sweat-absorbing and heat-dissipating functions of leather shoes are also significantly stronger than cloth shoes and sports shoes, which can prevent foot odor and athlete's foot disease.
When choosing shoes for children, it is better to choose natural leather or sheepskin shoes with relatively soft leather. The size of the shoes is about 1 cm larger than the feet, because the growth rate of the child's feet is generally about 0.8 cm per year, and the shoes are too large and easy. Causes foot deformation.