Shoes for children – how many pairs do we need?

Shoes for children – my latest thing that I’m over analysing this weekend. How many pairs of shoes do children need?

We have:

school shoes
wellies that stay at school
PE plimsols

wellies for use at home
trainers
football boots (for football and rugby)
slippers (that never get worn)
Crocs

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Cambridge Mummy on … can we have it all? (2)

After so many people read the first blog post on this topic, I’ve decided to start a series of blogs on it. Heck, they’ve even got their own category!
Here’s a contribution from a close friend of mine…

“Can women have it all? What is this “women” you are talking of? Not the 12 year old girls who are married off and have their first children. Not the young women in the sweatshops in the majority world. So, let’s narrow this down a bit. We’re really talking about whether Western women can have it all. Actually, that’s a bit broad too. We’re not talking about upper class women with money; we’re not talking about working class women who are scraping by. So, narrowing it down even further this comes down to middle-class hand wringing. It comes down to those who have “enough” but have a sen