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>Our goal as parents is to enable our children to take >good decisions while having a wonderful childhood. >So we aren't giving them a lot of hard rules, but >plenty of suggestions. >With regard to the barefoot lifestyle, that means: >Children can find out where and when they prefer to >walk barefoot. As parents we give encouragement: Your >bare feet are cute, nice, strong and capable of plenty >of things; if you're not sure, you can try and you >might be surprised. We aren't telling them to put on >shoes because we as parents think it's too cold, but >give a warning that when the coldness stings >unpleasantly or they lose the feeling in their toes, >painful frostbite may follow. Our kids are both quite >cautious but when the sun is shining on a cool spring >morning they'll happily go out barefoot and enjoy the >warming weather! >Also it's not just going one way. Meanwhile our kids >convinced both my husband and myself to walk barefoot >at home. And they also have an influence on other >kids, though most only dare to go barefoot once it's >really warm (above room temperature outside). >Some children find bare feet disgusting or feel overly >vulnerable when they are barefoot, but that's mostly >because what their parents are telling them. So while >we give some warnings of broken glass and other >hazards we avoid any such negative association with >bare feet. And a child's young healthy bare feet are >so cute, it's unmatched by any shoe!

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