We all know the situation — you try to get your child to tie their shoes on their own to no avail. Even though there are plenty of shoe shortcuts available that bypass the need to tie shoes, it's ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nursery rhymes. Bunny ears. Ring around the tree. These are just a few of the methods we use to teach kids how to tie their shoes.

If you think you know every method of tying shoes, wait until you see the ingenious way this kid learned it. Colton, 5, demonstrates how it's done. First, you stick the little plastic end of your shoe ...

Ian's Shoelace Site - "The fun, fashion and science of shoe tying" - is an enthusiast's site that has examined the various traditional ways of tying shoes. It has even developed, among other things, ...