Comments on: Moms with More Hair Use Velcro

By: We’re One Years Old! » Teeny Manolo

We’re One Years Old! » Teeny Manolo — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:18:58 +0000

[...] Moms With More Hair Use Velcro [...]

By: Thinking About… » This Too Shall Pass

Thinking About… » This Too Shall Pass — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:06:55 +0000

[...] of these thoughts were triggered by a post over at Teeny Manolo, where Glinda brought up the beauty of Velcro shoes, and how some people worry that their children [...]

By: BadHairDad

BadHairDad — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 01:35:49 +0000

Being as concerned with hair as I normally am, I was certain the headline on the counterpoint (”Moms with More Hair Use Velcro“) was about poor long-haired moms getting their hair tangled in their kids shoes.

Shoes with clingy fabric closures are no more dangerous than any others, but I do stand by my original theory that 98% of all velcro shoe straps are installed backwards.

Other than a recent laundry ban imposed by GoodHairMom (something about my velcro-enhanced boardshorts ruining her lacy intimates), I’m good with it for shoes.

By: raincoaster

raincoaster — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 21:25:41 +0000

Ahem. Darling, we must agree to differ. You give many practical reasons for velcro; as usual, your reasons are well thought out, expressed with elegance and wit, and quite practical.

However.

They are not really reasons to switch to velcro: they are reasons to switch to loafers, which look ever so much nicer.

I speak as one who spent some precious minutes this morning delicately separating a $15 pair of stockings from someone else’s shoe velcro… not that I’m bitter.

By: Bridey

Bridey — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:44:45 +0000

Hooray for Velcro! There’s nothing magic about tying shoes — if it’s a necessary skill, they’ll learn it eventually, and if it turns out to be unnecessary, what’s really lost? I don’t expect kids to know how to work a buttonhook, either.

By: dgm

dgm — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:30:23 +0000

In our household, flip flops and boots (cowboy boots, rain boots, Aussie Dogs, etc.) rule. No laces, no velcro, just a simple slip of each foot into the foot vessel.

By: Awesome Mom

Awesome Mom — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:42:54 +0000

Velcro rocks!!! I hate tying my kid’s lace shoes. It is so much easier to just slap them on and go.

By: class-factotum

class-factotum — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:43:45 +0000

I was thrilled when velcro shoes came out. During my college summers, I taught swimming (OK, putting the face in the water and blowing bubbles) to four-year-olds. The class was 25 minutes with a five-minute break before the next class (8 classes each morning). Before velcro, I spent my entire break tying my students’ shoes. After velcro, I could actually rest for a few minutes. I love velcro!

By: Mindy

Mindy — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:17:41 +0000

I’m pregnant, and I have enough trouble getting my own shoes on at this point. Velcro on my kids’ shoes is a blessing, indeed. Huzzah!

By: J

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 14:39:51 +0000

I agree! When things change from the ways they were when we were growing up, I think it can make us bemoan the results…with time, however, the results turn out to be fine.

My daughter is 11 1/2, and I don’t think she tied shoes as well as I did at the same age. Probably because she didn’t HAVE to. Also, she didn’t tell time as well as I did at the same age. Same reason. You know what? Who cares. She can tie her shoes just fine, and she can tell time just fine, and she doesn’t even REALLY need to know how just yet…I mean, maybe to watch her favorite TV show or something, but for getting to class on time or whatever, there are mothers to walk her to school, bells that ring, etc. So…she learned it in PLENTY of time. With years to spare, actually.

Whew.