I learned to skate with figure skates toe-picks too - and wish I hadn't. Most of the mechanics of skating are the same, no matter what kind of skates you've got on. If you're daughter has the desire and aptitude for figure skating - she can always develop those skills later with the appropriate skates. Edges, push, glide and stop are the same in "boys skates" or "girls skates". These days, if I put on a pair of figure skates, I trip on the picks and hate life.
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You want good ankle support, and you don't want their little feet to be cramped or flopping around inside. But whatever skates you get her, they definitely won't fit next year, and she might even outgrow them this winter.
My dad (and I'm willing to bet a lot other kids dad's did this too) always made me wear two pairs of wooly socks when trying on skates, with the idea my feet would get bigger and I could always shed socks.
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