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Date Posted: 2020-06-18 08:03:43
Author: Susan
Subject: Best decision ever

Sometimes friends and other parents ask why we let to grow our children up barefoot. It's just one of a lot of decisions parents have to take but I'm convinced it's a good one, so I answer:

1. It does them good! They are as healthy, strong and full of energy as they could possibly be.
2. They love it! It gives them freedom and they aren't missing anything, it even animates them to get more active outside.
3. It's so easy for us parents! Saves us the trouble of fitting and buying shoes, washing and sorting dirty socks, making sure the children aren't growing out of them ... (Mostly. There's still a pair for each, every winter, just in case.)
4. We love it! As parents too, it's just so cute and delightful to have a bunch of merry barefoot kids around!

So a win-win-win situation and the risk of the occasional bee sting or small injury isn't such a scary thing. Happens rarely and taking a large part of a happy childhood away to protect them from all risks is certainly not the right thing.

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>Sometimes friends and other parents ask why we let to >grow our children up barefoot. It's just one of a lot >of decisions parents have to take but I'm convinced >it's a good one, so I answer: > >1. It does them good! They are as healthy, strong and >full of energy as they could possibly be. >2. They love it! It gives them freedom and they aren't >missing anything, it even animates them to get more >active outside. >3. It's so easy for us parents! Saves us the trouble >of fitting and buying shoes, washing and sorting dirty >socks, making sure the children aren't growing out of >them ... (Mostly. There's still a pair for each, every >winter, just in case.) >4. We love it! As parents too, it's just so cute and >delightful to have a bunch of merry barefoot kids >around! > >So a win-win-win situation and the risk of the >occasional bee sting or small injury isn't such a >scary thing. Happens rarely and taking a large part of >a happy childhood away to protect them from all risks >is certainly not the right thing.

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