Slippers

Child-care body Family Day Care Australia is telling parents that Crocs and other forms of loose-fitting rubber footwear are inappropriate for young children.

Gosh, my wife and I just bought three pairs of Crocs for our 3 children. Are they really unsafe?

They mentioned that several children have been injured while wearing the clogs, originally designed to be worn on boats.

Child-safety authority Kidsafe noted the risk posed by the rubber shoes in a report this year, citing an incident in Perth in which an eight-year-old girl wearing Crocs got her right foot caught on the side of an escalator.

She freed her foot from the shoe but when she attempted to retrieve the shoe, her hand was caught in the escalator.

Well—there is always a gap between fashion and safety. For one I love to wear Crocs. It is very comfortable for me especially that I am more of a slipper-dad than a shoe-dad. Wherever I go, to business or shopping mall, or at home—Crocs just make it convenient for me.

The reported concluded: “Crocs and similar shoes may not be suitable for toddlers and young children, and may be inappropriate for visits to places such as shopping centres where escalators are present.”

But Barrie Elvish, the chief executive of Queensland child-care association C&K, said he didn’t have a problem with children wearing the shoes to kindergarten or child care.

Well—I really do not know about you guys; but I am now thinking twice of not getting my children eaten up by the escalators when we visit the malls on weekends.

Yet—I think Crocs are still convenient for me.