A mum has been praised for her ‘smart’ way to help children realise which shoe goes on which foot, and while some were confused, many acknowledged it would be handy
It can be tough to teach your kids how to put their shoes on independently. While it might be blindingly obvious to you which shoe goes on which foot, it’s obviously something that needs to be learned by little ones, and one mum has come up with a genius way for kids to tell.
Picture this: It’s a Monday morning, and you’re already running a little late with the kids, and one of your children is pondering which shoe goes on which foot. They’re shouting and getting frustrated, which makes you stressed, and the morning becomes a very unpleasant experience.
But with Lena Boston’s hack, the morning get-ready routine could be made a whole lot easier, and it doesn’t cost much, nor does it take much effort.
Lena showed a pair of trainers as she presented the camera with a sheet of stickers. Many were likely left confused about what she was going to do, but many dubbed the hack “genius”.
She chose to cut out the little emoji face sticker that had glasses on, and then she cut the emoji in half.
On the left shoe, she placed the left side of the emoji, and the same for the right shoe, so once they were paired together correctly, it made a full face.
This visual hack ensures that children can become familiar with which way round the shoes go, and soon, they won’t need to rely on visual aids like this, and they’ll be able to figure it out for themselves.
But when the mum put them on the back of the shoes, other parents waded in with their tips to teach kids to know which shoe goes on each foot.
Someone wrote: “Don’t put the stickers on the back of the shoe, put them inside on the inner soles”.
However, someone pointed out: “That’s gonna last a day with luck,” reckoning that on the outside they’d have more of a chance of lasting.
One woman added: “My nanny taught me by drawing two faces on the inner side of my shoes, and the two little guys had to kiss for my shoes to be right! When I saw the kissing emoji sticker, I thought that’s what she was going to do”.
Others were baffled at “what the point” of putting the stickers on or in the shoes was.
Somebody explained: “Small kids tend to not recognise the tilt so hacks like this make the difference more noticeable for them”.
Another said: “You can explain that to children however many times you want, but the younger they are, the less they understand the concept. A lot of their shoes don’t have the tilt that adult shoes do either”.
“Ohh that’s actually really smart,” one mum praised.