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Budding fashionista? These boots are a stylish way to step into fall.
The boots have a pull tab and zippers for easy on and off (the laces are just decorative), cushioned insoles, and lug traction outsoles. I know my oldest would especially like the glitter trim. They’d be equally cute with both jeans and dresses.
Skechers Kids’ Street Glitz Boot is $54.95 at Zappos and comes in Little and Big Kid sizes 11 to 6.
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Anonymous says
These are cute but the last time I got sketchers boots for my daughter (also sparkly) they disintegrated after like like 2-3 wears. They were still functional but the decorative parts all developed literal holes. Another pair of slip on sketchers she had developed a similar problem and all the glitter fell off. I basically won’t buy them anymore.
More Sleep Would Be Nice says
+1 – My MIL has bought my older DS sketchers because they have some type of “cool” thing like lights, or a dinosaur theme – annnd they always disintegrate.
I do have some sketcher’s flats for me from 2019 – I think they are supposed to be dupes for Rothy’s – and they are fantastic.
Anon says
We had a pair of Skechers shoes fall apart immediately too! They wouldn’t replace them or anything, it was so disappointing.
CCLA says
Ugh yes. We let our kids get one fun pair of skechers to round out their school shoes and of course it’s all they want to wear, and they’re totally coming apart already (and have the worst traction). Some are worse than others but overall very much flash over substance.
anonamommy says
For a cheaper alternative, my kid loves the Cat and Jack sparkly ugg knockoffs. They last just long enough for her to outgrow them, which is fine by me. The product name is Holland if you are searching.
Anon says
Thanks! My 5 year old has been asking for Uggs but I’m not investing in real ones for her.
AwayEmily says
Speaking of shoes — does anyone have flats they like? Ballet-ish. I had an ancient pair from Banana Republic that finally died this year. Nothing too $$ — I keep them at work as my emergency fallback shoes.
Boston Legal Eagle says
These are probably too $$$, but my Rothys are still going strong. They are my main work shoes in the non-winter seasons.
GCA says
Another vote for Rothys. I walked around NYC for days on a recent work trip – miles and miles each day, crisscrossing Manhattan! – and they were comfortable.
Mary Moo Cow says
+1 to Rothy’s. I also have a few pairs of Birdies I’ve picked up on end of season sales. Otherwise, no suggestions, only commiseration.
TheElms says
I tend to keep at least one pair of either Naturalizer or Franco Sarto black flats in my rotation. I get them at DSW or similar. But those are the brands that fit my foot well, so I’d pick a brand that you think fits you well and then look at DSW/Nordstrom Rack/Amazon for last year’s style and hopefully get them at a good price.
Anon says
Ballet flats from Lands’ End are comfortable and cute. I had to size up on the Comfort Elastic Slip on Ballet Flat. The Knit Comfort Elastic Ballet Flat was my usual size. I’ve been wearing them all summer. If you use a promo code, you can usually get 40% off or more.
AwayEmily says
Oooo, these are totally dupes for my old BR ones. Signed up for emails so I can see when the 40% off comes around.
More Sleep Would Be Nice says
Another plug for the Sketcher’s flats – I just looked them up – they are the Cleo design, purchased via Amaz*n.
Unrelated, I’ve always wanted the Valentino Rockstud flats but can never justify the price, even when they are on some type of “sale”.
AwayEmily says
I like those! And one of my daughters is named Cleo, so that’s extra perfect…
Chl says
I just got some cole haan bridge ballet flats that I like
Anonymous says
Funny kid moment of the week- my 7 year old came home yesterday and happily told us about a “taco” she tried at lunch, with lettuce ! My husband is from the Southwest, and we serve tacos at least once a month, every time during which she has told us she doesn’t like them. But now she does!
anonM says
Happy Friday! Can we do funny/weird parenting wins?
DH and I both went to bed at the same time as the kids yesterday, because we were tired but also sick of LO not staying in her bed, so we turned out all the lights and went to bed. Turned out to be a great choice because LO stayed in bed, but also the other kiddo was sick half the night so the early bedtime is making today feasible! AND said sick kiddo largely made it to the toilet for every round of throw up, for the first time ever. I cannot believe the difference it makes for cleaning up/time! It is perhaps the grossest milestone but idgaf, it made my life so much easier!
Anon says
The vomiting-in-toilet (or vomiting-in-bag while traveling) milestone is a big one!
ifiknew says
Anyone have a quote or phrases that would be appropriate for my 6.5 year old about not comparing / being the best version of yourself / being grateful etc? I’ve got a 1st grader who notices everything everyone is – who’s in the gifted program, who dresses the best, who has the best toys/house, who is the best artist, who the teachers like the best. She’s JUST like me and unfortunately not like my son and husband who are oblivious to the comparison trap. I’ve had to work really hard as an adult to not have comparison be the thief of joy and I want to help her. We talk frequently about the things that make her special and how they may not be as noticed externally, how being the best version of ourselves is all that we can do, how it feels good to celebrate others gifts rather than be swallowed up by jealousy. I think it helps her and I know shes working on it, but any other tips this amazing group has would be great to hear as well. I’d love to frame a nice quote for her as I believe it will be relevant her whole life.
Boston Legal Eagle says
We’re all running our own race. There will always be someone faster and someone slower, but improving on yourself is the key (also a great reason to start running! cross country kids are the best, and you can keep it going your whole life).
anon says
I try to teach my kids that life is about choices. You can choose to have the big job and fancy vacations, but then you often choose to have more job stress. Or you can choose to play soccer, but then you may not have time for gymnastics or art classes. Or you can wear the fancy dress, but then you can’t play on the jungle gym easily. Etc.
Anonymous says
Run your own race! Also watch the Baby Race episode of Bluey together.
Anon says
Is it normal for a 6 year old to not be able to take any responsibility for mistakes? My 6 year old has shown a lot of emotional growth and increased maturity in the last year, but she still has a really hard time owning up to any mistakes. It doesn’t matter how big or small the issue is, it’s always someone else’s fault. Milk was spilled because Mommy put the cup too close to the edge, toy got broken because we didn’t give her enough reminders to pick it up off the floor, etc. We got a recent note from teacher that she got in trouble for laughing and talking at rest time, and claimed that another kid had “made” her talk. (For Friends fans, it’s very big Ross Geller “I was tricked into ALL THOSE THINGS” energy). We’ve had a lot of conversations about this and how the lack of responsibility is more concerning to us than the initial mistake or bad behavior, but we don’t seem to be getting through to her.
anon says
Developmentally appropriate. Stop the behavior by no longer asking her to make an excuse or apologize.
“Uh oh, the milk spilled. Can you help me clean it up and get a towel?”
Anon says
Yes, that’s what we do. She still starts screaming about how it’s our fault.
Anonymous says
My answer to that is “it doesn’t matter whose fault it is, we still need to clean it up.” Just cut off every attempt to deflect blame. Over and over.
anon says
Your post is about teaching her to take responsibility. There is some reason she thinks she needs to make an excuse or pass the blame. There’s something going on in this dynamic.
Anon says
Ouch. Kids are different, and (at the risk of being slammed for “labeling”), this one is and always has been anxious, spirited and more emotionally intense than almost all the other similar age kids I know. I think her response may be anxiety-driven, but I don’t think it’s fair to imply we’re the cause of her anxiety. Your script about the milk is almost verbatim what we say in that situation…
Anon says
I’m the Anon who posted below about my son, and I can say with certainty that when we tried to force him to accept immediate responsibility for what happened, he responded forcefully and angrily and refused to accept any responsibility. When my initial response was much softer (usually “oh man, I saw how hard you tried to save it but it still went over,” or is initially emphatic to him), he will jump right in to help clean up and then will apologize after. With an anxious kid, there’s a lot of shame that you kind of have to parent around.
Anon says
I’m the OP and maybe I phrased it poorly but when I say “take responsibility” I just mean not blame others and in the case of something like spilled milk, perhaps a logical consequence like helping with cleaning up. We’ve never punished, imposed artificial consequences or asked her to apologize over something like spilled milk. This also happens even in situations in which there are no external consequences from us (e.g., kid leaves toy on floor, steps on toy, breaks toy, starts sobbing and yelling at us about how it’s our fault for not picking up the toy or reminding her to). We’re not expecting a monologue from her about how it’s her fault, we’re just trying to move away from the immediate blaming of others.
anon says
I mean, you say in your OP that “We’ve had a lot of conversations about this and how the lack of responsibility is more concerning to us than the initial mistake or bad behavior, but we don’t seem to be getting through to her.”
Whether you intend it or not she’s feeling like you expect someone to be responsible and she’s being defensive.
I have a kid with anxiety who overreacts and we have spent a ton of time modeling calm reactions, discussing “big deals” and “little deals,” and trying to help her get to a place where her reaction fit the circumstance. She’s often over the top. But she’s only defensive, like your examples, when she thinks that she’s going to be blamed (and sometimes she is to blame and there is an appropriate consequence, while other times she’s just being overly defensive).
Anon says
I think you’re misunderstanding. We’ve had a lot of conversations about not blaming others when things go wrong. It’s not about placing blame on her. It obviously depends on the situation and for something like the teacher note home we did talk about how it’s not ok to disrespect the teacher and disrupt the class, but for something like spilled milk there’s no “blame” beyond “here’s a towel, please help us clean up.” We repeatedly tell her that mistakes like spilling milk happen (to us too) and are not a big deal. We’re not pointing fingers at her or labeling her The One Who Spilled The Milk, but I don’t think helping to clean up a mess you made accidentally is an unreasonable expectation at this age.
Kids – especially anxious, sensitive kids – have huge, irrational feelings that aren’t easily fixed by the right parenting scripts. I think a lot of parents who’ve been blessed with easy kids don’t get that but I have two much easier kids and have parented them all the same, so I know it’s not my parenting.
anon says
I promise that my kid isn’t at all easy. Not even close.
I also think they your kid could very well be reacting to a dynamic that you’ve created, even if your other kids aren’t phased by it. I was only going off what you said in your first post, but now you say that’s not what you meant. Yet if your kid is interpreting you in the same way I did, even if that perspective only comes out in moments of frustration, it could very well be part of the dynamic.
Anon says
Maybe your kid isn’t easy, but you don’t seem to get that kids have innate differences that aren’t the result of parenting. It’s great that your anxious kid only gets defensive when others place blame on them, but trust me – not all kids are the same way. This kid gets defensive in situations in which there’s no possible reason we’d blame her. Why would we blame her for breaking her own toy?! We feel bad for her! We’re not going to immediately run out and replace it, because breaking a toy is a predictable consequence of leaving it on the floor, but we empathize with her and we’re certainly not telling her “It’s your fault you broke your toy!”
A few sentences that I wrote on the internet about a complex parenting situation obviously don’t sum up the whole situation, and the fact that my wording wasn’t clear to you doesn’t mean my kid isn’t understanding what we’re saying (I’m obviously not using the same words with a 6 year old). I’ve been parenting this kid for 6 years, not the 30 seconds it took me to write this comment, and there’s nuance that can’t be captured here. And if she doesn’t understand, we clarify like I did here, but you’re refusing to accept my clarifications.
Your comment “There is some reason she thinks she needs to make an excuse or pass the blame. There’s something going on in this dynamic.” is basically implying our child is living in fear of us, which is a HORRIBLE thing to say to a parent. It’s also not accurate. The explanation that she’s lashing out because of her own frustration at her inability to control her body makes a lot of sense to me. Maybe it’s that, maybe it’s something else, but to immediately jump to “our dynamic” and mom-shaming and “oh everything would be fine if only you handed her a towel and cheerfully asked her to clean up!” is disappointing to me from a place that’s normally supportive of the challenges of spirited and non-neurotypical kids.
anon says
Whoa. I never said anything about fear or shame. You’re reading way, way more into my comment than I ever said.
I also now think you need to consider if you model defensive behavior. This series of posts is a bit insane.
anonymous says
Didn’t you say in your first post that she needs to take responsibility for her toy being broken if she leaves it on the floor? Now you say that it isn’t her fault and you’d never blame her….
Anon says
I understood your initial post as well-intentioned, but it was frustrating when I tried to explain that we do exactly what you’re suggesting and we have *never* blamed or shamed our kid over something as trivial as spilled milk, and your response was essentially “well you must be doing something, because otherwise she wouldn’t be this way.” She’s this way because it is who she is and because her brain is anxious, sensitive and perhaps not neurotypical, and you digging in your heels that we must be the cause felt like mom-shaming to me. I’ve spent a lot of time (including in therapy) working on accepting that she has innate differences that weren’t caused by us, so yes I’m a bit sensitive about being told we’re the root of her differences or challenges. And please don’t use language like “insane.”
Anon says
Anon at 3:12, in the toy on floor situation I simply meant that I want her to not immediately start screaming and other family members about how it’s our fault her toy was on the floor. “Take responsibility” was clearly a poor choice of words, but I’ve clarified repeatedly.
anon says
Suggesting a kid may be reacting in a way you hadn’t previously appreciated isn’t mom shaming. It also doesn’t mean that you are doing something “wrong” or are a bad mom. It’s just encouraging self reflection to see if there’s something you can do to improve how your kid is responding to situations where you’re a participant. As I said, “the dynamic.”
The shaming perspective is coming from you, not from me. I didn’t say it and didn’t think it.
Anon says
Nothing else in your post flags this, but sharing something I learned in our own journey – a refusal to accept blame for things like this can be a sign of ADHD and some sensory processing issues. For some kids, it’s an expression of frustration that they are actually trying their best, but just don’t feel things or notice things or have a strong sense of spatial awareness. For my kid, this was a flag that stuff was happening at school (where he was taking the blame), but his frustration at ALWAYS being the one who knocked over the milk or whatever was boiling over at home. He *was* trying his best, and he really *didn’t* see it there. Therapy and OT really helped him improve his spatial awareness and his dexterity, and after his own internal frustration died down, this “blame others” just sort of naturally evaporated too.
Anon says
In reading your comment a little more closely, there are some similarities. For our kid with compulsive behavior, it turns out those comments that it was the fault of “other people” were a clunky way for our kid to tell us that he was really having a hard time controlling his behavior. Something would happen, and he literally couldn’t stop his body from doing something. Going back to my “no bad kids” theory, my son has told us there are lots of times when he struggles because he wants to stop doing something, but he can’t get his body to listen to his brain (his words). A similar situation was actually what compelled us to finally get him evaluated and start some therapy for him. Apologies if this is outside the scope of what you are asking OP, but I would not have known these were pretty common ADHD symptoms until we went through it.
Anon says
I appreciate this, I’ve wondered about ADHD for a while. She has a lot of behaviors that fit. We did some OT when she was younger, but have not pursued any kind of formal diagnosis because she’s still pretty young. She has made a lot of progress with things like body awareness as she gets older, and I wouldn’t say spilling things is a frequent occurrence at this point, but I do have this on my radar.
Anon says
Posted before I saw your 12:16 comment. I appreciate the added detail. The idea that blaming others is their way of telling you they’re mad they couldn’t control their body makes a lot of sense to me.
anon says
My ADHD 6yo is exactly like the OP described, yep.
Momofthree says
We say that it doesn’t matter who’s fault it is. The milk fell & it needs to get cleaned up. I get so annoyed when my kids say “that isn’t my mess” because the default then is that Mom has to clean up the mess & it certainly isn’t my fault. We talk about how we live as a family in the house & we all have responsibility to keep it clean.
Anon says
My five year old gets upset but she will eventually own up. For example, last night she kicked her brother and I put her in time out. She usually calms down right away when I go back in to talk to her and she apologizes. I think the time out breaks the stream of anger and blame and lets her own up more than if I just kept talking to her in the same time/space as where the incident occurred. She gets emotionally flooded and needs a reset in other words. I also try to keep my lecture very short and tell her everyone makes mistakes sometimes to take the sting out and help her move on.
anon says
You’re probably already doing this, but I recently learned that it’s helpful to talk about problems I have that are similar to my kids’ problems and how I handled it. So, in this case, I’d take note of little mistakes and talk about it, like “whoops, I spilled the pasta sauce while cooking. I’ll get the sponge to clean it up.” or “today, I realized that I forgot to send my colleague some important details yesterday, so I called her to apologize and sent them right away.”
anon says
Does anyone have suggestions for how to store Legos for older kids? My 10-year-old has a bunch of sets for Minecraft and Super Mario constructions and keeps all the boxes and our basement is just a Lego mess. Thank you!
Anonymous says
We disassemble them and store the pieces for each kit in a labeled Ziploc bag. The bags go in a tub with a stack of instruction books. The boxes get recycled. This is by far the most compact way we have found to store the kits. We do have a designated shelf for display of assembled kits but when that is full they have to take some kits apart before starting a new one.
Anon says
We have a three shelf bookshelf from Target in our basement/ family room/ play area. The bottom is for boxes and loose pieces in bins. The other two and the top are for completed sets. When they get full, then the kids have to decide which ones to dissemble and keep in the boxes/ bins or donate. We also have a taller bookcase where each kid has two shelves to keep the rest of their toys like LOLs, Hot Wheels, Beyblades, etc. The shelves are a mess where they’ve crammed in all the stuff but at least we can walk on the floor down there.
Anon says
We do a big shallow bin for loose legos and a few plastic shoeboxes for special sets. I also plan to add a couple shelves to the wall where they can store a limited number of creations. Cleaning up legos is already so tedious that the “all scooped in one bin” method works best for us.
My kids mostly like to free build, though, and don’t mind taking apart sets. If yours is really particular, perhaps standardizing with same-size plastic boxes and getting rid of the cardboard ones would be helpful? Then they could at least all stack together.