Look for shoes with a flexible, thin sole Toddler shoes should have a soft and flexible sole — if in doubt ... “toddler shoes should never be rigid.” In adults, we’d call shoes like this ‘barefoot ...

When our first son was born and started walking, I confess, I didn’t understand the importance of soft-soled baby shoes. I crammed his feet into some ridiculously stiff sneakers and set him off ...

The soft-soled baby shoe market has exploded in the last few years. Rightly so. Research solidly supports that soft-soles give babies and pre-walkers their best chance at proper foot development.

Juicy Bumbles soft sole leather and suede baby shoes are designed to protect feet without hindering growth and movement.

Then Covid happened, and everyone became used to wearing soft-soled shoes that didn’t constrict the foot. There was no going back.

The shoe company has promised to insert safety tags into its packaging by next year. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has documented 77 soft shoe entrapments on escalators since January ...

It's the second federal lawsuit filed this summer involving a child wearing Crocs injured on escalators at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

At rail stations and shopping malls around the world, reports are popping up of people, particularly young children, getting their toes caught in escalators. The one common theme seems to be the ...

Lacosse, of the Washington subway system, said he is personally skittish of Crocs and other soft-soled shoes. "Would I wear them? No," he said. "And I tell my children not to wear them either." ...

Another, which randomly allocated hard or soft-soled shoes to 247 runners, also found no difference in injury rates over a five-month period.