Buying shoes for children is perhaps one of the biggest expensesfor parents because it often seems that children outgrow theirshoes from one day to the next. It is important for children’sshoes to fit the child’s foot properly so that the foot has room tomove a bit and to grow.Fit is the single most important consideration when it comes tochildren’s shoes. It is ideal to have their little feet properlymeasured by a trained shoe salesperson in a reputable shoe store.To measure the child’s foot, the shoe salesperson will place thefoot flat against the size gauge and then mark where the big toelands. Width will have to be measured by trying on the shoes to seethe fit and gauge how much room there is in the shoe. There shouldalways be a thumb’s width between the end of the longest of thechild’