As soon as the weather is hot, cool and lightweight cave shoes are back in the rivers and lakes. However, these shoes may seem comfortable, but in fact they hide a lot of risks.
1. Pay attention to these risks of cave shoes
1. Easy to be "bitten" by the elevator
For example, some shopping malls will specifically remind: "Customers and children wearing shoes should not take the escalator".
Why is that?
Because the toe of a hole shoe is about 20% wider than a normal toe, the toe of a person standing is much closer to the serrated position between the two elevator steps than a normal shoe. In addition, the soles of the cave shoes are thicker, so it is easy for people to lean forward, which in itself is an unstable standing posture. The child is more active, and rarely pays attention to the elevator under his feet, and his reaction is slower when he is caught in the elevator, which leads to accidents.
A 4-year-old girl in Shenzhen accidentally got her left foot stuck in the elevator while riding the escalator with her hole shoes.
In August 2014, a 4-year-old girl in Jinan was stuck on an escalator with a hole in her shoes and seriously injured her thumb;
In August 2015, a boy in Beijing was "bitten" by an escalator due to a hole in his shoes, resulting in a foot injury;
In June 2017, a 7-year-old boy in Shanghai was seriously injured when his left foot was caught in an escalator due to piercing a shoe.
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2. It is easy to get wet and slippery when it gets wet
When the shoes are dirty, they will be cleaned with water, which is more convenient to look at, but everyone knows that if the plastic products are not wiped dry after being stained with water, they are easy to slip.
Therefore, if there is water on the ground, or the child's feet are sweaty, or the child is wearing cave shoes and stepping on water, it is easy to slip and fall.
3. The quality is not up to par
As early as 2014, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China issued a risk warning, saying that some hole-in-the-hole shoes were found to contain high levels of harmful substances such as phthalates, which may affect male reproductive ability and have a potential carcinogenic risk for long-term use.
The material of genuine cave shoes is a relatively harmless resin material, but many small workshops use plastic materials instead in order to save costs. Some cheap shoes, which can be smelled from a distance, are the smell of polyvinyl chloride, and most of these shoes are reprocessed from the waste materials collected by the workshop.
Therefore, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China reminds that there is an obvious pungent smell of hole shoes, buy carefully!
Second, don't wear these shoes for your child
In addition to the hole shoes, the following shoes are best not worn by children. Children are in the toddler stage and have a lot of exercise, so the choice of shoes should be comfortable.
1. Second-hand shoes
Everyone walks in different habits and stresses different forces, so that the degree of wear and tear of shoes will also vary.
Old shoes, which have been worn out according to the previous child's walking habits, are given to another child, especially a toddler. Not only will it make your child uncomfortable, but it will also affect the development of his arch of his feet and delay his walking.
Imagine that a toddler who can't walk yet, and who wears a pair of shoes that have become worn out and unstable, will definitely have difficulty walking.
Toddlers may fall when walking barefoot on the ground, let alone wearing a pair of such shoes.
Some second-hand shoes look very new and don't look noticeably worn, but some wear is not visible to our naked eyes.
2. Called shoes
As an adult, you will find these shoes very interesting, and children wear "chirp", which is very cute.
As everyone knows, it is very likely that this kind of shoe cuts off the signal transmission between the legs and the brain.
Toddlers are also in the sensitive period of their legs. He will be very obsessed with the ground environment on which he is stepping, and the more difficult the place, the more he must walk, such as grass, steps, gravel paths, etc.
He experiences the sensation coming from his legs and then integrates this information in his brain. In the process, he realizes that he can be independent, and what it feels like to be on different surfaces.
However, at this time, if the child is put on shoes with rings, his attention will be attracted by the shoes, which will interfere with the child's experience of the sensations from the legs, and the information in the brain will also be disrupted.
Another point is that these shoes are equipped with batteries, which has certain safety risks, if the battery is short-circuited, there is a possibility of burning.
So, mom and dad don't lose a big deal for the fun of these shoes!
3. Functional shoes
Toddler children, originally walking is the heel and toe at the same time, giving people the feeling of tiptoeing, and the child's foot muscles are soft, the insole of the functional shoes seems to fit the arch of the foot, but can not withstand and control the hardness of the functional shoes, but will affect the normal development of the child's arch.
So, don't give your child any more expensive and impractical functional shoes!
3. At what age do children start wearing shoes?
Generally speaking, when a child enters the toddler period around 1 year old, you can choose to put on small shoes for your child, especially in the summer. Toddlers tend to have a crazy attachment to the ground, and it is difficult for you to control them in your arms.
In this case, if you are at home, you can choose to go barefoot, but if you go out to play, because the ground is scorched by the summer sun, it is easy to burn barefoot.
So, be sure to bring a pair of shoes for your child.
4. How to choose the right shoes for your child?
Trivia: Shoes are also segmented
Not only will the milk powder be segmented, but the selection of shoes will also be segmented! For toddler children, shoes at this stage have thin soles and soft bodies, in order to protect the development of children's feet while also perceiving different ground height changes.
Children around 1 and a half years old can walk independently, and shoes at this stage are considered to help children get off to a smooth start; When the child can walk steadily, at this time, the amount of activity is large, and the comfort and stability of the shoes should be considered.
The Four Rules of Picking Shoes
One fold: Fold the sole in half, choosing a shoe that bends in the front third of the sole. Some soles are bent on the sole of the foot instead of under the arch of the foot, which makes it easier for children with poor shoe control to fall off their shoes.
Second pinching: Pinch the heel and front of the shoe with both hands, and choose shoes with a certain hardness. The firmness of the heel protects the child's soft ankle joint; The front of the Baotou has enough hardness to prevent bruises, kicks, and toe smashes.
Three presses: Press the forefoot part of the inside of the shoe, not too soft. If it is too soft, children who are still learning to control their balance will be more likely to fall.
Four smells: Smell if there is any peculiar smell. Children's products must be made of environmentally friendly materials that are non-toxic and harmless.
Toe cap, upper, sole are so chosen
Toe cap: It must be a toe toe, not a pointed toe, so as to ensure that it does not affect the development of the child's feet.
Upper: Breathable and soft, no extra design to avoid stuffiness, bacteria and scratches on your child's instep.
Sole: non-slip, the first 1/3 should be flexible and not easy to bend, so as to meet the development of children's feet and ensure the safety of toddler children.
When buying shoes for children, no matter which brand you must take your child to try, choose the right size, let the child wear it for a few laps, and after taking off the shoes, carefully observe whether the child's feet, toes, and soles have abnormal problems such as indentations and redness.
There are thousands of comfortable shoes, and the shoes with potential safety hazards mentioned in the article, if you have them at home, throw them away quickly!
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