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>Hello Nicolas and Sandra > >Here too we have very few reactions at all. Adults >either look away or don't notice. Other children >sometimes react curiously, pointing us out to their >parents or other people they are with. Some even want >to be barefoot too, we have had a few interesting >conversations at the playground ... with the result of >more barefoot friends of our children, and their socks >and shoes lined up at the edge of the playground. > >We have been out as a barefoot family on sunny late >autumn days too, and when people got curious I simply >pointed out we go by the weather, not by the calendar. > >Now my husband and myself only discovered going >barefoot in adult age. Living at the edge of the city >with our own garden and a forest nearby, we started >when I was pregnant with my oldest, more than ten >years ago. We haven't quite been able to convince the >rest of the family (our parents and siblings) of the >same lifestyle but seeing our healthy, happy barefoot >kids convinced them all that they shouldn't nag us to >put shoes on them. So it's of course no problem when >visiting grandparents that we don't even bring shoes >along for our kids. > >Wonderful that you've been able to convince your >school. We checked the regulations of ours: Nothing is >said about footwear. One teacher brought up the issue >during a parent-teacher conference (we decided not to >provide them with the recommended indoor gym shoes for >physical education) but we convince them they're doing >better barefoot and not taking an extraordinary risk. >Indeed they haven't had any foot related accident at >school.

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