Our son loves these shoes (perhaps it's because they have cars on them?).  Typically, he resists new shoes, a new shirt, etc., on principle (he is, after all, a lively toddler), but he took to these right away. They are well-made and they seem to support the foot quite nicely. All of his previous shoes were Pediped (or soft-soled shoes from NZ); we prefer See Kai Run to Pediped. Additionally, it's easy for our son to remove the shoes himself. He runs and plays happily in these.