This is the first pair of crocs that we have purchased for my son that we didn't love. Not only do we not love these, we hate them. My husband took my son to get another pair of shoes for school when I was working. They came home with these. I had my doubts based on the back strap width. The words are wide enough that when the foot is flexed, the strap is going to push into the back of the ankle. He wanted to wear them anyway, so I let him against my better judgement. He is 4, so he would wear shoes that are 3 sizes too small if they have the right character on them.<br /><br />He wore these for the first time today for preschool. They came home wrecked, and he limped the whole way home from preschool. He has a large blister on the top of his foot where the shoes rubbed, and the design on the shoes is scraped. They look like shoes we have had for months, not one day. Very disappointed. I don't feel right returning worn shoes, so I suppose we will just throw them out.