Finding the best shoes for your kids isn't brain surgery, but it can still make your head hurt. This pair pinches their toes, that pair is too hard to put on, that one always falls off ...

This came as higher prices for children's shoes, up 2.5 percent, and women's footwear, up 0.4 percent, were offset by a 0.2 percent decrease in men's footwear prices in December. For the full year ...