The Boy's Store Blog — Shoes

How do you encourage your child to learn such a basic skill as tying his shoes when he is surrounded with less challenging solutions? How were we to know that when Mr. de Mestral discovered and introduced Velcro to the world; we would be facing new challenges in teaching our children? I recall which seemed excruciatingly long days in kindergarten practicing how to button items and especially tying my shoes. I was not taught any cute rhyme to help me remember how and in what order this was done. Sheer repetition of the task was the way to teach a...