I purchased these model Skechers in August 2011 for my elementary-aged son.  My son loved the look and feel of these shoes and wore them nearly every day to school.  By December 2011, one shoe had a hole in the mesh upper.  In January 2012 I bought a new pair for my son.  We are now in April 2012 and the velcro on one shoe no longer grips.  Based on these two purchases, Skechers has a life of only four months.  Remember when we were little and the children's shoe advertisements claimed, "Your children will grow out of our shoes before they wear out of our shoes"?  Well, that is clearly not the case for Skechers.  And given the sticker price of Skechers (I can buy three pairs of no-name shoes at Wal-Mart for the price of one pair of Skechers), these shoes are certainly not worth the cost.  I will not be buying Skechers shoes for children again.