Why do young childen scream and cry when getting new shoes.

I never cried when getting new shoes. I haven't seen any child crying when getting one at the shoe store. I think some kids are different.

I remember when I was a kid screaming like that - because the shoes hurt! My feet are naturally wide, and when I was young, children's shoes for wide feet were very expensive and weren't generally carried in regular shoe stores. I much preferred going barefoot! The only time I didn't cry was in getting a cheap pair of flipflops or slip on shoes. My kids never cried. I took them to a specialty kids shoe store, and their feet were precisely measured, and only the correct sizes tried on. If anything started to feel uncomfortable we'd take it right off. I sometimes think, too, little ones just don't have the patience to sit still and try on shoes. Or they are being made to get shoes they don't care for. My kids were always fine in the shoe store.