Twinkle Toe Shoes cause epileptic seizures?

[MoniqueU]

Why should she do that if it is a crock and totally false? Let the school prove they cause seizures(they don't) or be quiet or get it written into the dress code.

I can see all sides of this but I don't think the burden should be placed on the ones potentially affected by this. I think you should err on the side of caution. I just had a seizure last week for the first time. I don't know what caused it, it could be a multitude of things, we are still looking into it. I don't think anything has ever scared my kids and my family more. I can't believe how intense it was and how awful it was to come to with a paramedic and my son standing over me. If there is even the remote possibilty that this could cause that I would think someone would not want to contribute to it.

 

[PrincessKsMom]

Whether it is a child or an adult, those shoes 100% could trigger a migraine. Severe migraine can leave a person in terrible agony, including temporary blindness, vomiting, and excruciating pain. This can last more than 24 hours even after a hospital visit. I do not know if your case was precautionary or due to an existing issue. Hopefully you will know that soon.

(To all the teachers out there, I really feel sorry for you having to teach in a class with these type of shoes. Perhaps you could send those children home with a nice gift, such as an air horn.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGp21uw77c0 Twinkle toe shoes on you tube.

Okay, everything else aside, I want a pair of these sneakers. And I think they'd look adorable at Disney.

 

[Hannathy]

Okay, everything else aside, I want a pair of these sneakers. And I think they'd look adorable at Disney.

I know aren't they the cutest things! Makes me wish my DD was young again.

 

[Debbie7452]

OK, I have now seen these shoes in person and they are impossibly bright! Cute, yes! School appropriate, NO!

 

[mom3sonstt]

How would a parent know your child's name just by seeing her in a car line?

Again - to me that question is so funny. Not laughing at you in particular just at how different we all can be. It never even entered my mind that a parent wouldn't know who a child was. Now that my youngest is a Senior I don't necessarily know (or at least recognize) the younger kids - but when my kids were in grade school I knew who they all were - and if I didn't all I had to do was say "Do you have a new kid at school?" to my boys and they would know who I meant. ya' gotta love a small school

 

[RadioNate]

OK, I have now seen these shoes in person and they are impossibly bright! Cute, yes! School appropriate, NO!

 

[Jennasis]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGp21uw77c0 Twinkle toe shoes on you tube.

These shoes barely light up and other shoes light up much more.

You aren't serious are you? Look at those things! They are so inappropriate (man I hate that word) for school, I just can't imagine anyone buying them for their kid to wear. As I said earlier in the thread, those things could land a 747 or make contact with aliens.

Like silly bandz, I predict schools will be issuing a ban on them in the near future.

 

[Scurvy]

These shoes barely light up and other shoes light up much more.

Are you sure you're thinking about the new Twinkle Toes and not the older light up shoes they used to sell?

I can't imagine shoes that light up more than the Twinkle Toes I've seen. I don't know how they could even make shoes brighter than those! Do you have any links or brand names or anything for the brighter shoes by any chance? I'd love to see how they are different.

 

[The Mystery Machine]

Holy smokes those shoes are totally not appropriate for school. For the life of me, I cannot understand why the OP's school does not get off their duffs and ban them.

 

[mamacatnv]

Whether or not the shoes are appropriate for school honestly has nothing to do with this discussion. The school took a medical stand regarding the shoes and lo and behold they can't back it up.
End of story, the OP's daughter should be allowed to wear her shoes every day of the week just like all the other kids with the same shoes in the same school.

 

[2girlsmom]

My daughter (7th grader) wants these shoes, but ended up getting a similiar style in high tops that does not light up (does have "jewels" on the toe and an "ed hardy" style decoration on them) because she really wanted high tops.I don't really see what makes them inappropriate for school with the possible exception of the lights, and only that if the school bans them under either medical reasons that they can document (not specific cases, but they should be able to give documentation of their reasoning) or distraction. OP, I have read through this entire thread and think your handling of this situation was exactly right. It is not acceptable for the school to single out your child, doesn't necessarily sound like it is tied to a student in her class, but a parent who saw hers during safety patrol. I am in agreement with others that say they would know if there was a problem with a student's health and also be able to know or find out very quickly the name of any student in the school, my 5th grader has 18 kids in her class, and only 1 class of each grade in the elementary school. She has 2 new kids that I wouldn't know by sight yet, but I definitely do know all the rest of the kids in her grade and the grades on either side of her.

 

[dzorn]

Did we ever get a reply from Sketchers at what the frequency is on the shoes?

Denise in MI

 

[The Mystery Machine]

Whether or not the shoes are appropriate for school honestly has nothing to do with this discussion. The school took a medical stand regarding the shoes and lo and behold they can't back it up.
End of story, the OP's daughter should be allowed to wear her shoes every day of the week just like all the other kids with the same shoes in the same school.

Agree.

 

[Scurvy]

Did we ever get a reply from Sketchers at what the frequency is on the shoes?

Denise in MI

According to one poster (maybe the OP?) the company says that the shoes do not flash in the range that most commonly causes seizures. That does not rule out the possibility of migraines being induced by the shoes, however, or seizures in those rare people who are sensitive to things outside the usual range.

 

[Jennasis]

Whether or not the shoes are appropriate for school honestly has nothing to do with this discussion. The school took a medical stand regarding the shoes and lo and behold they can't back it up.
End of story, the OP's daughter should be allowed to wear her shoes every day of the week just like all the other kids with the same shoes in the same school.

End of story nothing. I think despite the fact that the original medical claim may be without merit, these shoes have NO BUSINESS being worn to school. I don't care if my assertion strays from the topic. Happens all the time around here. The OP should never have bought such things for wear in school. They are ridiculous (the shoes) and a major distraction. Frankly, I started getting a headache just looking at the short video.

 

[Mouse House Mama]

End of story nothing. I think despite the fact that the original medical claim may be without merit, these shoes have NO BUSINESS being worn to school. I don't care if my assertion strays from the topic. Happens all the time around here. The OP should never have bought such things for wear in school. They are ridiculous (the shoes) and a major distraction. Frankly, I started getting a headache just looking at the short video.

I don't think they are a distraction at all. It is a matter of opinion.

 

[Indiana Rose Lee]

Lol, your beliefs bases on what? They bother you? Kids are distracted for a miniscule time by stuff like this. No biggie. You do not have the right to decide ridiculous for the rest of the world, lol.

 

[zalansky]

OK, I have now seen these shoes in person and they are impossibly bright! Cute, yes! School appropriate, NO!

I agree 100%. My 4 year old DD wanted them for pre-school and I thought they were way too bright to wear to school. I bought her Twinkle Toes that do NOT light up instead. That being said, I don't think the school should have told the OP her DD couldn't wear them for medical reasons of other kids without backing it up as other posters have said.

 

[Jennasis]

Lol, your beliefs bases on what? They bother you? Kids are distracted for a miniscule time by stuff like this. No biggie. You do not have the right to decide ridiculous for the rest of the world, lol.

Not yet...but when I am overlord of the world I'll be throwing "twinkletoe shoes and silly bandz burnings" at regular intervals.



Of course it's just my opinion.

 

[Hannathy]

Lol, your beliefs bases on what? They bother you? Kids are distracted for a miniscule time by stuff like this. No biggie. You do not have the right to decide ridiculous for the rest of the world, lol.

I agree, kids can be distracted by anything. Instead of banning them why doesn't the schools do something useful that would serve the kids for life and
TEACH them how to ignore and work around distractions! How are these kids going to work in college or in cubicles at work.