What Shoes Should Be Chosen For Children?

The danger of children -- the confusion of clothes

Young children are sensitive and delicate, and parents always care for them.

But have your parents ever thought that those beautiful clothes that are close to your baby may hurt your baby?

According to the latest survey, the average pass rate of children's clothing is only 64.1%. The main problems are pH value and formaldehyde exceeding standard, and the color fastness is not enough.

Authoritative survey (1) over 40% of children's clothing formaldehyde exceeded standard.

Release date: February 14, 2006

Investigation unit: AQSIQ

AQSIQ conducted a sample survey of more than 100 children's clothing manufacturers and sales enterprises in 10 provinces and municipalities directly under the central government of Chongqing, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Zhejiang and Guangdong, with a total pass rate of less than 60%.

Unqualified clothing is mainly formaldehyde content is high, and formaldehyde is recognized as carcinogen.

Authoritative survey (2) low quality low priced children's clothing failed to meet a high percentage.

Release date: before 2007, "61"

Investigation unit: Zhejiang Provincial Quality Supervision Bureau

Zhejiang Provincial Quality Supervision Bureau Inspection Team "61" on the eve of a professional children's clothing market in Hangzhou six batches of children's clothing sampling, by the Zhejiang provincial Fiber Inspection Bureau to detect and determine, are substandard products.

The main reason is that the pH value is over standard and the color fastness index is not qualified.

According to the Zhejiang Provincial Quality Supervision Bureau personnel, in the "61" on the eve of the provincial children's clothing special law enforcement action, seized a total of 92 enterprises of more than 100 kinds of substandard products.

Most of these children wear low quality and low price routes from the wholesale market into the hands of ordinary consumers.

Six major health risks of children's clothing

Health risks (1) invisible black hands -- pathogenic bacteria

New clothes are a good carrier of bacteria.

Because before buying a piece of clothing, it must be cut through, sewing, packaging, pportation and many other links.

Washing clothes that are not suitable for adults and children will also allow bacteria to take advantage of them.

Because the infant's immune system is not yet perfect and the resistance is weak, the bacteria on the clothes may cause skin diseases and skin allergies, such as erythema, rash, papules, blister, and even cause diarrhea or wound infection.

We remind our parents that children's clothes should be washed separately. New clothes must be washed before wearing them.

Improper clothing storage and mildew will also harm the baby.

Health risks (two) pesticide and chemical residues, formaldehyde exceeding standard

Clothing, raw materials, cotton, linen and so on during the planting process use pesticides, fertilizers, and herbicides, leading to pesticide residues in the fiber, damage the baby's skin.

Chemicals such as oxidants, catalysts, detergents and whitening agents used in textile process will pollute the fabric.

The dye used in printing and dyeing can induce canceration; in order to make the clothes wrinkle free, not shrink or fade, a large amount of formaldehyde dye and resin finishing agent are added into the fabric production. When children put on such clothes, formaldehyde will slowly release into the body, causing the child to suffer from fatigue, insomnia, headache, cough and other symptoms. The skin will contact with formaldehyde for a long time, and it will also develop rashes and even induce cancer.

Preservatives, fungicides and moth proofing agents should be used when storing fabrics.

Such chemicals can cause allergies and respiratory diseases.

Health risks (three) pH exceeding standard

According to the national standard, the pH value of children's clothing should be between 4.0~7.5, which is higher than 7.5.

Health hazard (four) "electrostatic" injury that is not easy to detect

The friction between chemical fiber and clothing is very easy to generate static electricity.

Static electricity will increase the alkaline concentration of blood and reduce calcium, which is unfavorable for infants in their growth stages.

In addition, a large number of dust absorbed by static electricity contains many kinds of viruses, bacteria and harmful substances. They can cause children's skin to get spots and inflammation. Children with weak resistance may even suffer from tracheitis, asthma and arrhythmia.

Therefore, do not wear baby fabrics for chemical fiber fabrics because of resistance to dirt and washing.

When baby clothes are washed, add some baby's special clothes and care agents, which can protect the clothes and skin care two.

Health risks (five) camphor pills should keep away from baby clothes.

The commonly used camphor pills at home are 99% camphor oil extract, which can cause anemia and fatigue. It is more dangerous for pregnant women, children and anemia patients.

If you use camphor pills in the wardrobe, you should first dry or remove the clothes after being taken out.

Health hazard (six) skin damage caused by clothing deformation

The cuticle of young children is not yet mature and is sensitive to the friction of clothing.

After wearing clothes for a period of time, they will become hard or even deformed due to the accumulation of dirt and the aging of fibers.

The thickness of the baby's skin is only 1/10 of the adult's skin. After the deformation of the clothes, the friction between the baby and the child becomes more frequent. The probability of skin damage is also greatly increased.

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90% children are not wearing shoes

According to a survey from UNICEF, 91% of children wear improper shoes, and 83% of adults do not pay enough attention to children's shoes.

Only about 6% of the parents looked at the baby's feet before buying shoes for the baby, and 23% of the parents began to take remedial measures when they discovered that their children had problems with their shoes.

Harm of children's shoes

In fact, children's feet are not diminished versions of adult feet.

Most of their bones are calcified cartilages. The elasticity of bone tissue is large and easy to deform. In addition, the epidermis keratinized layer of the foot is thin and the muscle water is much, so it is easy to be infected by injury.

At the bottom of the infant's feet, there are many blood vessels and nerves that are related to the body organs. There are many acupoints, so the feet are as important to the body as the roots are to the trees.

The arch of the infant is in its developing stage. The reasonable shoes can cushion the vibration generated by the ground when walking, not only protect the arch, ankle, knee, waist, spine, but also protect the brain from vibration.

Adult shoes such as thick shoes and flat shoes are hard to support and protect children's delicate feet. The shoes at the bottom of the floor will not only increase the fatigue of the arch, but also lead to bone development and chronic foot pain.

3 principles for children to choose shoes

Fabric: firm and soft

The children's shoes made of cloth and cloth are comfortable and breathable. Soft cattle and sheepskin are soft and elastic bottom, which are comfortable and safe.

Children's shoes with artificial leather and plastic bottom are neither breathable nor easy to slide.

Size: right.

Children's feet grow very fast, and some parents deliberately buy their children large size shoes, and want to wear more time.

This is not good, because the small feet can not be fixed in the big shoes, which is not only easy to cause foot varus or hallux valgus deformity development, but also cause incorrect walking posture.

Some parents thought that the shoes were small but not worn out, so that they could wear some more time.

Children's feet are soft, and their shoes will cause their feet to deform, which will be harmful to the development of the muscles and ligaments of children's feet.

In the fast growing stage of children's feet, new shoes are needed in three or four months.

Style: wide head, easy to wear.

Toddlers wear lighter shoes and upper upper arms, so they can protect their ankles.

After walking, you can wear hard bottom shoes, but do not wear hard shoes. It is advisable to wear comfortable shoes with rubber bottom, cloth bottom and beef tendon bottom.

Children should wear broad head shoes to avoid the extrusion of toes in their shoes and affect their development.

Shoes with buckles are easy to wear and do not fall because of shoelaces, and are suitable for babies.

Knowledge link (1)

5 safety indicators to protect children's clothing safety

Children are vulnerable groups. Children's safety indicators are not qualified, which will cause damage to their health.

In January 2005, the 5 basic safety specifications for international textile products were stipulated in the "basic specification for international textile products safety", namely formaldehyde, pH value, color fastness, odor and banned azo dyes.

Knowledge link (two) azo dyes and color fastness

Azo dyes are very harmful to infant health. After long term contact with human skin, carcinogenic aromatic amine compounds will form carcinogenic aromatic compounds. It is one of the important testing items stipulated by compulsory standards in China. The national standard stipulates that 23 azo dyes intermediates should not be included in children's clothing.

The color fastness index mainly tests whether the dye adheres to the fiber to achieve a certain fastness, especially whether it will fall off in water, rubbing, sweaty and saliva, which will affect the health of the baby.