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" For your kids&amp;#039; go-to shoes, not just any sneakers will do. The Good Housekeeping Research Institute put 20 pairs, $60 or less, through their paces. Our Textiles Department sliced each shoe in half to measure for cushion thickness and bent whole soles forward to record where the sneaker flexed (hoping they&amp;#039;d flex at the toe of the shoe to assist the way a child naturally moves) \u2014 both important for active, growing feet. We also asked pediatric podiatrist Russell Volpe to evaluate the shoes for cushioning and heel and arch support. In the labs, we evaluated material quality as well as stain removal for four common culprits \u2014 grass, grape juice, ketchup, and mud \u2014 letting stains set for 24 hours, then cleaning them with soap and water and checking whether they came off completely, with no residue left behind. And we didn&amp;#039;t leave out the &amp;quot;cool factor.&amp;quot; We know kids can be picky about style, so we had children, ages 5 to 15, rate each sneaker on appearance.  Watch the Good Housekeeping Research Institute experts explain how they judged the shoes.      Runaway Winner New Balance 630 ($50 grade school sizes; $48 preschool sizes)   These sneakers were evaluated in girls&amp;#039; and boys&amp;#039; models. Both did very well in all performance tests, rating excellently in cushion measurement and shoe flexing. The podiatrist especially liked the support in the heel and toe areas, but did say the thick cushioning could have had a little more &amp;quot;give.&amp;quot; The stains and mud came off these sneakers with just soap and water, with only grass giving us any trouble. The children rated the sneakers above average in looks, though some thought they look too much like running shoes to be worn every day. In black/red, black/blue, navy/red, black/yellow, gray/lavender, white/blue, and pink. Sizes 10.5 to 7. (newbalance.com)  See the rest of our top picks: Sneakers for Boys Sneakers for Girls "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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