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Date Posted: 2023-08-01 08:36:58
Author: Steff
Subject: Year-round barefoot

At the moment, I'm raising my two boys, one 5 and the other 8. They are both home-schooled because the schools here are so bad.

Both have lived barefoot all their lives and it's something we decided to do after reading about the benefits of barefoot. When the eldest was born, we didn't buy shoes because he was small so there was no point, so we could decide later if we wanted to. Later, we decided not to.

Right now, we live in a suburb and we haven't had any reason to buy them shoes yet. They've always played barefoot and spent their childhood barefoot until now, so they have no desire to wear shoes. They've never asked us. Because they're always barefoot, they now have very tough feet and they always end their day with dirty, black feet.

Socially, of course, there's a stigma. Every time we go shopping at the weekend, people do a double take and look at us shoeless. They'll walk past, look at our bare feet and walk away pretending they didn't see us. We've been approached but if one store turns us down, we go to another so we haven't had any problems so far. They don't mind.

The best thing about raising barefoot children is that they always seem to be really carefree and happy. They run around the yard and run over twigs and thorny sticks like nothing happened. If they step on something sharp that hurts, they'll jump, skip and start running again. A thorn gets in? They'll pull it out, or we will if they can't. It doesn't bother them. They don't mind and we haven't had any problems.

The boys love being barefoot and they've never asked for shoes. They've never needed shoes, so it looks like they can go barefoot in their entire wardrobe as children and teenagers. I hope it was the right choice, but it looks like it.

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Replies:

Re: Year-round barefoot -- tiptoe, 2023-08-02 04:18:04
- Re: Year-round barefoot -- Steff, 2023-08-03 04:50:34
Re: Year-round barefoot -- Carol, 2023-08-02 21:51:04
- Re: Year-round barefoot -- Steff, 2023-08-03 04:54:37
  - Re: Year-round barefoot -- Anita, 2023-08-03 05:13:26

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>At the moment, I'm raising my two boys, one 5 and the >other 8. They are both home-schooled because the >schools here are so bad. > >Both have lived barefoot all their lives and it's >something we decided to do after reading about the >benefits of barefoot. When the eldest was born, we >didn't buy shoes because he was small so there was no >point, so we could decide later if we wanted to. >Later, we decided not to. > >Right now, we live in a suburb and we haven't had any >reason to buy them shoes yet. They've always played >barefoot and spent their childhood barefoot until now, >so they have no desire to wear shoes. They've never >asked us. Because they're always barefoot, they now >have very tough feet and they always end their day >with dirty, black feet. > >Socially, of course, there's a stigma. Every time we >go shopping at the weekend, people do a double take >and look at us shoeless. They'll walk past, look at >our bare feet and walk away pretending they didn't see >us. We've been approached but if one store turns us >down, we go to another so we haven't had any problems >so far. They don't mind. > >The best thing about raising barefoot children is that >they always seem to be really carefree and happy. They >run around the yard and run over twigs and thorny >sticks like nothing happened. If they step on >something sharp that hurts, they'll jump, skip and >start running again. A thorn gets in? They'll pull it >out, or we will if they can't. It doesn't bother them. >They don't mind and we haven't had any problems. > >The boys love being barefoot and they've never asked >for shoes. They've never needed shoes, so it looks >like they can go barefoot in their entire wardrobe as >children and teenagers. I hope it was the right >choice, but it looks like it.

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