These were the 3rd pair of sneakers I bought for my 4th grader for this past school year. I don't know how he does it but he wears his shoes down so bad in such a short amount of time. I wasn't trying to pay an arm and a leg for sneakers he just needed to last for another month or two of school, and part of the summer so I came to Amazon (my go to site for everything) and started looking around. He's a huge soccer fan and as soon as he saw these Puma's, which reminded him of his soccer cleats, he had to have them. The price wasn't too bad so I went ahead and ordered him a pair. I was a little nervous about the sizing because some of the reviews mentioned they were a little small. He does have narrow feet so I wasn't too concerned about that, and I ended up ordering his actual size which worked out perfectly. He's been in love with them since they came out of the box! Also, he swears they make him a better soccer player during recess too. I can't vouch for that but as long as he's happy I'm happy. Surprisingly, they're holding up pretty well! We're both quite happy with this purchase!