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>We have a house rule (agreed and supported by the >kids: "For children it's clean bare feet only in the >house", that includes their guests. It was quite fun >at the birthday parties with all the cheerful bubbly >barefoot kids! > >>And you as parents are often barefoot? > >In the house and in the garden in summer yes, but >unlike our children we put on shoes or sandals to go >out, I'll take them off in the park or other places to >relax though. It just seems like barefoot children are >a lot more accepted in shops and other public places, >and as an adult I would feel odd going there >completely barefoot. > >I admire my son and daughter as they decided to go out >barefoot even on chilly, sometimes rainy spring days >that would definitely be too cold for me to even >consider sandals. But when I asked them they gave me a >big grin and said they're fine, I guess they're happy >to be able to do something the adults don't. Their >little bare feet, peeking out under warm sensible >clothes, will turn a healthy rosy pink and after >coming home in the evening, have a marvellous >afterglow. > >But that's fine, when I feel cold it doesn't mean the >children have to feel the same. For me it's only >comfortable to go barefoot when the ground feels warm, >and I prefer to protect my feet from the city roads. >As a child I was barefoot more often as well.

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