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>Bare feet are multi-generational in my family.  It >goes back to when my grandmother read a foot >reflexology book by Mildred Carter in the early >seventies.  In the book, Mrs. Carter recommended >going barefoot in the great outdoors, and deliberately >looking for and stepping on sticks, rocks and rough >ground to stimulate the nerve endings in your feet. >  Grandma really took to the idea, and she made it a >rule for everyone in the family to be barefoot as much >as possible, and at home, that meant always.  My mom >was a teenager at the time, and she really embraced >it, too.  By the time I came along a few years later, >it was a given that I would be raised to be barefoot >about 80 percent of the time (or more).  With all >that history, shoes and socks had no chance of taking >hold of my kids!  My daughters are now a 15 year old >and 14 year old twins, and they’ve never known a >life where wearing shoes was considered the normal or >default way to be. Shoes and socks are just something >you need to wear sometimes, like gloves or scarves. > >Our house rules (then, now, and always) are that there >are no shoes or socks allowed to be worn in our house >or our yard.  People sometimes wonder “what about >when it’s cold?,” but the thing is, when you go >barefoot all the time, your circulation is so good >that cold is no problem.  Okay, yes, sub-freezing >weather may require shoes, but we don’t let it get >sub-freezing in the house, so the no shoes/no socks >rule indoors stays in effect. > >My girls do have to wear shoes in school, but they >don’t put them on until we’re driving to school in >the morning, and as soon as they get in the car at the >end of the day, those nasty shoes and socks come off. > I’ve gotten accustomed to hearing three sighs of >relief as their poor smothered feet are set free >(LOL)!   In the summer of course, it’s nothing but >bare feet 24/7.  The only downside is the complaints >when they have to start wearing shoes again in the >fall. >Their friends are all cool with going barefoot at our >house, too.  They either go barefoot at home >themselves, or they like that they can do it at our >house if their parents don’t let them. > >As for me, as a stay at home mom, I get to keep my >feet bare pretty much all of the time.  Occasionally >I’ll have to throw on some flip flops to please some >store manager or bureaucrat with a stick up their >backside, but I usually just go in barefoot and put >them on if I get yelled at.  It’s easier to ask >forgiveness than permission, you know? > >Sometimes people do give us odd looks or make rude >comments, but we can deal with it. Our bare feet are >healthy, happy and free, so what do we care what some >uptight shoddies think? > >Thanks for creating this forum for us to share our >experiences!

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