Did you buy your kids shoes for back-to-school? And did you think that you were done with worrying about their feet until summer vacation? Well, think again! Kids’ feet grow quickly—in fact, in the six months since school started, they could have grown as much as two shoe sizes!

September is National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month, so we want to help you understand how this condition affects children’s feet.

You hear the term “growing pains” quite often, but we’re here to tell you that it’s not okay for your child’s feet to hurt.