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Date Posted: 2022-02-23 04:20:44
Author: tiptoe
Subject: Re: Shoes are as bad as sweets & tobacco for kids
In reply to: Roberts 's message, "Shoes are as bad as sweets & tobacco for kids" on 2022-02-22 16:39:34

Thank you for pointing out this incident of 2018.
Indeed there is the danger of a cycle of addiction to footwear:
Having weak feet means you need shoes for everything (or you think you need them), you are never getting used to the feeling of walking barefoot on natural ground and how it can give you energy and a great mood, wearing shoes feels "normal" and walking barefoot feels "wrong". The less you walk barefoot, the less your feet are conditioned for it.
Walking barefoot from the beginning comes naturally; while you learn how to walk, you can just as well learn how to walk barefoot, benefiting from the tactile feedback of the ground.
Shoes with a flashy design and blinking lights are clearly a way of "instinct-driven marketing" appealing to the drive in children to have great looking things. So it needs the right mindset: Parents should spend their weekends having barefoot adventures together with their kids and giving them a chance to appreciate the wonder of getting ever stronger and better, mastering more and more conditions without any artificial help.
Barefoot kids are strong - Shod kids are weak and vulnerable.
Barefoot kids are free - Shod kids are unable to go anywhere without footwear.
Barefoot kids feel more, can sneak quietly or jump and run as good or better than anyone in shoes.
It takes both - the experience of how good it can feel and the mental support that walking barefoot is never wrong for kids, as long as it feels good. That it's great for health and stronger feet give them an advantage over others of their age.

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>Thank you for pointing out this incident of 2018. >Indeed there is the danger of a cycle of addiction to >footwear: >Having weak feet means you need shoes for everything >(or you think you need them), you are never getting >used to the feeling of walking barefoot on natural >ground and how it can give you energy and a great >mood, wearing shoes feels "normal" and walking >barefoot feels "wrong". The less you walk barefoot, >the less your feet are conditioned for it. >Walking barefoot from the beginning comes naturally; >while you learn how to walk, you can just as well >learn how to walk barefoot, benefiting from the >tactile feedback of the ground. >Shoes with a flashy design and blinking lights are >clearly a way of "instinct-driven marketing" appealing >to the drive in children to have great looking things. >So it needs the right mindset: Parents should spend >their weekends having barefoot adventures together >with their kids and giving them a chance to appreciate >the wonder of getting ever stronger and better, >mastering more and more conditions without any >artificial help. >Barefoot kids are strong - Shod kids are weak and >vulnerable. >Barefoot kids are free - Shod kids are unable to go >anywhere without footwear. >Barefoot kids feel more, can sneak quietly or jump and >run as good or better than anyone in shoes. >It takes both - the experience of how good it can feel >and the mental support that walking barefoot is never >wrong for kids, as long as it feels good. That it's >great for health and stronger feet give them an >advantage over others of their age.

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