These are great little shoes and my daughter wears them all the time. (she's never mentioned arch-support... but she's one).<br /><br />One thing we very much like about them is the use of real tread on the bottom. They also slip on easily and stay on well.<br /><br />The one petty annoyance is that, to slip these on, you need to slide the part of the strap with the Velcro through the plastic loop. Since the Velcro is a bit lose at the end, it catches when you try to do this. You need to hold it down with your finger, to slide it through the gap, to get the shoe ready to put on.