Of course, the child's safety is more important than your comfort, but that's not really what's at stake here. I don't think the point of squeaky shoes is to keep the child safe, or to encourage the child to walk (children walk just fine, unless there's a real problem that squaeky shoes will not address). The actual point of squeaky shoes is --

-- children like to make noise.

I don't think it's a good product, but I don't think it's important either.