Adults who love to shoe shop may find it perplexing that nothing puts kids in a bad mood like a new pair of shoes. No matter how well the shoes fit, they are always uncomfortable the first few times the child wears them. Adults say, “You just need time to break them in.” This platitude is of little consolation to a child, who sits, pouting, at the restaurant table in a new pair of penny loafers. It takes more than a few hours to get used to the fit of something.