How to tie a shoe?

How do you properly tie a shoe i never learned was to busy having fun?

• in kinder garden

• Answer:

  You have asked the right person! There are two parts to tying a shoe: twisting the two shoelaces together to start with, and then making a bow knot on top of that. It's important to make the bottom twist in the right direction. If it's backwards, the whole knot will loosen very quickly, and you'll be forever re-tying your shoes. Here's how you can tell if it's OK: If it's right, the top part — the bow knot — will lie straight across your shoe. If it's twisted in the wrong direction, the bow knot will lie more diagonally. Undo everything and twist the first part in the opposite direction. I think this trouble arises because people's moms tie their shoes for them from in front. Later on people tie their own shoes from the other direction, but they still tie the bottom twist in the same direction their moms did, which makes the knot come out wrong.