My little one is *incredibly* fashion-forward and consistently the best dressed & most stylish one in his class. These shoes were hand-selected by him (apparently, i'm too 'old' to pick cool things). I like them because they're well crafted & sturdy. I printed out Amazon's shoe size measuring guide to help gauge his shoe size. (The paper prints a foot chart that your son stands on for easy measuring.) He was between 2 & 2.5. I ordered a size 3 after reading 2 other reviews -1 said the sizing on these shoes runs small, another said it runs large.  I found that the sizing ran SMALL as it's a perfect fit.  And it's stylishly cool - even the bottoms of the soles are red. It's heavier than i expected to be a 'skateboarder' shoe but comes up nicely to protect the ankle. Most importantly, it passes the 'kid' test so i'm not wasting my money on something too uncool to be worn.  Perfect shoe if your son is all about function & swag (er....whatever *that* means, ha ha ha.)