When children start going to kindergarten and school, parents often ask us not to wear shoes with laces. This is so because the children still do not know how to tie them and it is an extra job for the caregivers to be all day watching that the children do not wear the shoelaces loose and they end up stepping on and falling to the ground.

For this reason, it is very common for children to find shoes with velcro closures, very easy to close for children and that hold the feet as well as the laces since they can also be perfectly adjusted to tighten more or less according to the foot. It is the most popular option for parents and many models of footwear can be found with this system. Children quickly learn to put on and take off their shoes and gain coordination by having to adjust the two parts of the velcro.

Another very good alternative is the elastic cords that are placed and tied tightly so that the knot is permanent. Since they give way when stretching, children can put on and take off their shoes without removing the cord. Since the appearance is that of normal sneakers, no one will notice the trick until it is time to take off your shoes.

They are ideal for children to wear «older» sneakers as many of them call laces. Thus, they will be able to wear converse style sneakers like their older brothers or their parents, and there will be no problem to put them on their own or have the risk of stepping on the cord and eventually falling.

One of the advantages of these laces is that you can buy them in the colors you want and change the ones that the sneakers bring, adapting them to the colors they have or even to the clothes you wear that day. There are even those who put their imagination and braid several different cords to achieve a very original and fun result.

A variety are the elastic laces that are fastened in the holes of the shoes. They are small strips that join two of these holes and are fastened on the inside. The result is the same as that of a single cord, only a knot is not necessary to hold it as they bring their own systems.