Roller Skate Shoes

I have been knocked almost down to the ground on a few occasions by kids in Kuwait who are wearing 'Heely's" or roller skate shoes. The ones they sell in the USA look like normal shoes. But the ones in Kuwait are downright ugly and look like 70's throwback platform shoes. My son has been begging for these for over a year now and I won't budge. I convinced him to buy a scooter bike, but he still wants these ugly shoes!!

Now I finally have some support against these shoes in a recent study that has proven that they are extremely dangerous.

The study was conducted in the USA and found that over a 10 week period (in a designated city) there were 67 incidents of injury. And a child actually died as a result of the shoes. Parents and kids alike view them as ordinary shoes but they are not. They are roller skates and the same safety gear that is worn when roller skating should also be worn when wearing Heely's. So, that means all kids should wear a helmet and knee& elbow pads.

The study also found that unlike typical roller skates, Heely's are actually really difficult to balance on and the majority of injuries occur in new users.

These shoes run about 2 or 3 KD in Kuwait. And they are not worth risking your child's health or safety.