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I hate to see these shoes on young children's feet. 
They are clunky and loose, how could they be comfortable on a child's foot. 
At the playground you see all types of kids wearing them even boys, climbing and running around on the equipment. One boy fell and clunked himself as he went one way and his shoe went the other. 
Parents Call For Warning Labels After Frightening Incidents
Reporting
Cindy Hsu NEW YORK (CBS) ― For the second time in recent weeks, a local child suffered an excruciating nightmare after his foot got caught in an escalator while wearing "Crocs," the popular rubber footwear.
Nicky Lester, 7, was rushed to the emergency room in Kentucky and received 10 stitches after his mother says his Crocs got stuck in an escalator at an airport there.
"All of a sudden I hear this excruciating screaming from Nicky and I turn around and his little foot is being sucked into the side of the escalator. It's just like chewing up his foot," says Maryam Banikarim, Nicky's mother.
"I was very nervous and I thought I was going to die," recalls Nicky. "My foot was in the side and she just yanked it out for some miracle and it worked."
After the incident, Banikarim, who lives in Manhattan, contacted attorney Andrew Laskin after he went public two weeks ago with a similar incident at LaGuardia Airport involving a 3-year-old Westchester girl and her pink Crocs.
Laskin says the shoes can get stuck to the sides of escalators.
"If there's a foot in the shoe and it sticks, the rest of the body goes down the escalator and that foot that sticks get sucked into the mechanism of the escalator," he says.
The Westchester girl's family is now suing Crocs for $7 million and wants the company to include a warning with the shoes regarding escalators.
Crocs would not comment on issuing a warning label, but released a statement saying
"escalator safety is an issue we take very seriously, and we are looking into this report."
Crocs are marketed as an all-purpose shoe -- the brightly-colored plastic shoes are extremely popular for their comfort at a small price -- but Kathleen Huddy of the Good Housekeeping Research Institute says they should only be worn at the beach and pool.
"They should not be worn at amusement parks, fairs, carnivals, at the mall, or any place where there are escalators," says Huddy.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission says it's received reports of other simlar incidents involving Crocs and escalators, but could not release a specific number.
Laskin says a warning could make all the difference in the world in preventing more dangerous situations from happening.
"A simple warning to tell parents that these are not regular shoes and that children should be especially careful, and parents should be especially careful when they have their children on an escalator," he says.
WebMD.com writes even more about how safe Crocs are for children in their article, Kids & Crocs: Trendy Or Risky? The article also provides a checklist on which activities are Croc-safe for kids and which aren't:
Kids' Crocs Checklist
Not sure when your child should be wearing a Croc, or when a sneaker or boot might be better? Here's a Crocs checklist to keep both feet going in the right direction:
Activity OK for Crocs?
Gym Class: No
Hiking: No
Walking to and from class: Yes
They are clunky and loose, how could they be comfortable on a child's foot. At the playground you see all types of kids wearing them even boys, climbing and running around on the equipment. One boy fell and clunked himself as he went one way and his shoe went the other. Parents Call For Warning Labels After Frightening Incidents
Reporting
Cindy Hsu NEW YORK (CBS) ― For the second time in recent weeks, a local child suffered an excruciating nightmare after his foot got caught in an escalator while wearing "Crocs," the popular rubber footwear.
Nicky Lester, 7, was rushed to the emergency room in Kentucky and received 10 stitches after his mother says his Crocs got stuck in an escalator at an airport there.
"All of a sudden I hear this excruciating screaming from Nicky and I turn around and his little foot is being sucked into the side of the escalator. It's just like chewing up his foot," says Maryam Banikarim, Nicky's mother.
"I was very nervous and I thought I was going to die," recalls Nicky. "My foot was in the side and she just yanked it out for some miracle and it worked."
After the incident, Banikarim, who lives in Manhattan, contacted attorney Andrew Laskin after he went public two weeks ago with a similar incident at LaGuardia Airport involving a 3-year-old Westchester girl and her pink Crocs.
Laskin says the shoes can get stuck to the sides of escalators.
"If there's a foot in the shoe and it sticks, the rest of the body goes down the escalator and that foot that sticks get sucked into the mechanism of the escalator," he says.
The Westchester girl's family is now suing Crocs for $7 million and wants the company to include a warning with the shoes regarding escalators.
Crocs would not comment on issuing a warning label, but released a statement saying
"escalator safety is an issue we take very seriously, and we are looking into this report."
Crocs are marketed as an all-purpose shoe -- the brightly-colored plastic shoes are extremely popular for their comfort at a small price -- but Kathleen Huddy of the Good Housekeeping Research Institute says they should only be worn at the beach and pool.
"They should not be worn at amusement parks, fairs, carnivals, at the mall, or any place where there are escalators," says Huddy.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission says it's received reports of other simlar incidents involving Crocs and escalators, but could not release a specific number.
Laskin says a warning could make all the difference in the world in preventing more dangerous situations from happening.
"A simple warning to tell parents that these are not regular shoes and that children should be especially careful, and parents should be especially careful when they have their children on an escalator," he says.
WebMD.com writes even more about how safe Crocs are for children in their article, Kids & Crocs: Trendy Or Risky? The article also provides a checklist on which activities are Croc-safe for kids and which aren't:
Kids' Crocs Checklist
Not sure when your child should be wearing a Croc, or when a sneaker or boot might be better? Here's a Crocs checklist to keep both feet going in the right direction:
Activity OK for Crocs?
Gym Class: No
Hiking: No
Walking to and from class: Yes
i never could get into this croc fad. for kids or adults
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