Sherra, I just found out that my son-in-law got his brown crocs for his fathersday.
So now my daughter her son 9, my son his girls 8 and 9 has them and love them. My daughter-in-law already had the sandals so she did not want them.
My son still uses socks because his were rubbing at the instep, but may be it will get better. As a child he broke his big toe and I did not take him to the doctor till after it was healed. Bad mother :) So now I think it is not flexible, but I hope the crocs will help.
I am glad that everybody is happy since I bought all of them except for my son-in-law.
BTW Sherra my son-in-law got the brown ones (like my son), my husband was there and he was wearing them.