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>>>That’s great! Walking barefoot feels so good and >>>free! Where did/do you live? Did you go barefoot the >>>whole sumer and to school/do you think your daughter >>>will be a 100 % barefooter? >>>When/why did you stop going barefoot? >> >>Hello, we live in a town in Europe (how about you?) It >>wasn't common to go barefoot in school so I wore >>sandals, also when riding the bike, but in summer I >>was barefoot often in my spare time. >>I couldn't go barefoot much during my first office >>job. At home I didn't see the point of slippers though >>(we're all barefoot inside the house). >>Meanwhile I'm working from home and we have a house >>with a garden, so I'm barefoot more again. >>My daughter is a barefoot enthusiast and I support her >>in her choice, last winter we had Skinners socks for >>the coldest days, but she also took a few barefoot >>steps in the snow and was quite excited about it. She >>would love to go barefoot all winter, but I'll make >>sure she doesn't overdo it, frostbitten toes wouldn't >>be pleasant. She knows well to which point she likes >>it and when it becomes too cold for her. For now it's >>not too cold yet. >>I want her to grow up happy and healthy, that's more >>important than being a 100% barefooter, footwear now >>goes with gloves, scarf and wool hat, things to wear >>only when it's really freezing. Though I admit the >>idea is appealing and it would be so cute to go out in >>the snowy park with her bundled up warmly and naked >>feet peeking out under cozy winter clothes, leaving >>her footprints in the powdery snow ... we'll see. >>Better be cautious than risk painful frost blisters. > >I‘m from Germany. Where do you come from? So >didn‘t you go to school barefoot because the other >children and the teachers could‘ve thought that >it‘s weird? Do you think your daughter could go >barefoot to school? What did you do barefoot in town >and why did you stop? In the last century it was just >normal for children in Germany, Austria and other >countries to be barefoot from spring to fall, >sometimes even the whole year. And not only poor >people. They just liked it and know that it is >healthy. It‘s good that you‘re being responsible.

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