These shoes are great since my daughter cannot tie shoes yet.  The Velcro is easy to tighten, so little ones can get them on by themselves.  They are light weight and won't weigh a little runner down.  Nice and grippy, too, allows climbing up a slide easy, so mom can nag not to do that!  The color combos are all great she loves her purple 'zoomin' shoes', and it's nice that they aren't limited to the medium width sizes, since wide feet run in our family.  Can't find hardly anything in the stores, and I was hesitant to order online, but thanks to the printable kids shoe size chart on the Newbalance website ordering was easy and accurate!  Hope New Balance will keep making these great wide widths for kids!