Exhibit 31.2


I, Frank A. Caruso, certify that:

1.     I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
       period ending June 2, 2006 of The Stride Rite Corporation;

2.     Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue
       statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
       necessary to make the statements made, in light of the
       circumstances under which such statements were made, not
       misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.     Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other
       financial information included in this report, fairly present
       in all material respects the financial condition, results of
       operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for,
       the periods presented in this report;

4.     The registrant's other certifying officers and I are
       responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure
       controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules
       13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial
       reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d
       - 15(f)) for the registrant and have:

        (a)    designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused
               such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under
               our supervision, to ensure that material information relating
               to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is
               made known to us by others within those entities, particularly
               during the period in which this quarterly report is being
               prepared;
        (b)    designed such internal control over financial reporting, or
               caused such internal control over financial reporting to be
               designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable
               assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and
               the preparation of financial statements for external purposes
               in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
        (c)    evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure
               controls and procedures and presented in this report our
               conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls
               and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this
               report based on such evaluation; and
        (d)    disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's
               internal control over financial reporting that occurred during
               the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's
               fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that
               has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially
               affect, the registrant's internal control over financial
               reporting; and

5.      The registrant's other certifying officers and I have
        disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal
        control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors
        and the audit committee of registrant's board of directors (or
        persons performing the equivalent functions):

        (a)     all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the
                design or operation of internal controls over financial
                reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the
                registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report
                financial information; and
        (b)     any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management
                or other employees who have a significant role in the
                registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

Date:  July 7,2006                           /s/ Frank A. Caruso
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                                             Frank A. Caruso,
                                             Chief Financial Officer