Ok,

I tend to like Stride Rite shoes, but these really fall short.

1) The shoes don't breath at all. Case in point, out son wore these shoes for two weeks. At the end of that period we noticed he feet were peeling. It became obvious that he could not wear these when not at daycare.  Upon inspecting the shoes we noticed that there were THREE forms of fungus in growing in them: Mildew, Green Mold, and some for of White/Yellow fungus or symbotic bateria. (Yes, I have clinical microbiology experience.)

The issue was clearly that the shoes did not breath, and created a perfect environment for this horrible event that ended up in some form of athlete.

On the flip side, we had NO problems with another brand of shoe that did not have issues breathing and we did not run into this issue.

2) In only 3 weeks of total use, the velcro fastners are ragged and very worn.  I expect several months for the price before that starts happening.

3) They are generally nice looking shoes.

GB