Thousands of South African children go back to school tomorrow. How many with foot pain?
We don't know the facts, because the research hasn't been done. But as children grow, so do their feet. So it's a safe bet that many feet will be pushed into shoes that were bought at the beginning of the school year in January and are too small 6 months later in July.
High heels – of course they damage your feet. But women still buy them. Just take a look at an outrageous South African blog: Google- Shoegirl South Africa and see what you get!
'Walking on sunshine.' 'Sexual heeling.' 'Toeing the line.' All headlines for articles recently printed in the South African press taken from The Telegraph, The Sunday Times and The Times respectively, all from London. Toeing the line is all about the Chinese tradition of foot binding and I'll pick up on that later this week.
Fitting children with shoes can be really difficult and is often unpleasant for all involved. That includes brothers, sisters and fathers hanging around nearby! This means that the responsibility for getting the correct usually lies with Mum. The trauma increases due to the fact that in South Africa, there are virtually no shops who know how to measure children's feet and fit the correct size of shoe.
