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Date Posted: 2018-01-01 03:46:44
Author: tiptoe
Subject: Winter

How do you do it in winter?
You want your children to be outside even when it's cold, you want them to be barefoot because it's healthy and fun, but when it's below freezing that can become a problem.
For all those living in climates where it's freezing in winter, you probably can't get around buying "sensible winter shoes" for your child each winter from the age they are learning to walk. Those should keep the feet dry and be reasonably flexible ... and taken off as soon as the child goes inside.
It's certainly okay to spend a few minutes outside together barefoot (with or without snow), but that shouldn't be the only time outside.
When it warms up a little, to 8 or 10°C, I'd have absolutely no issues letting my kids go barefoot outside the whole day, and I wouldn't bother taking "emergency shoes" ... unless going on a hike which I would still start barefoot until they'd complain.

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>How do you do it in winter? >You want your children to be outside even when it's >cold, you want them to be barefoot because it's >healthy and fun, but when it's below freezing that can >become a problem. >For all those living in climates where it's freezing >in winter, you probably can't get around buying >"sensible winter shoes" for your child each winter >from the age they are learning to walk. Those should >keep the feet dry and be reasonably flexible ... and >taken off as soon as the child goes inside. >It's certainly okay to spend a few minutes outside >together barefoot (with or without snow), but that >shouldn't be the only time outside. >When it warms up a little, to 8 or 10°C, I'd have >absolutely no issues letting my kids go barefoot >outside the whole day, and I wouldn't bother taking >"emergency shoes" ... unless going on a hike which I >would still start barefoot until they'd complain.

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