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>Hi and welcome! My boys are 9 and 13 with a girl right >in the middle at 11 like the younger of yours. They >love going barefoot everywhere and finding new >situations where they can do so, in the big city as >well. >I often told them their feet are cute, beautiful, >good-looking, regardless how clean they were; it >should not be embarrassing for children to have dirty >bare feet because that's just how their environment >is. They're not praised for getting their feet dirty >but not accused of it either. >Seems like for them city barefooting goes together >with black soles, though they also enjoy rinsing them >off in a fountain on a hot day and understand it's >better when the top of the feet and the toenails are >clean when going to a restaurant or shop. >When they were younger I washed their feet until the >age of about seven, now they're doing it themselves, >just wiping them off on the doormat or if necessary >scrubbing them in the shower, such as when they're >muddy or stuff sticks to them that doesn't easily go >off (we have a brush and hand washing paste in case >things get really sticky such as tree resin). >I think though that your method can be a nice form of >emotional bonding between parent and child. Recently I >rubbed my daughter's feet after she got dressed fresh >from a shower and she liked it very much. > >>Hey everyone, this is my first post here and I have a >>question! My two daughters aged 14 and 11 are both >>passionate barefooters, we live in a quite big city so >>their soles can get quite black from asphalt and >>public floors etc, that doesn’t bother me at all, >>they both enjoy peeking at their soles and giggle when >>they’ve gotten black. The question is, do anyone’s >>teen daughter still prefer you to wash their soles, my >>elder daughter still prefers when i do it for her and >>so does my younger daughter. If anyone has same kind >>of teens be free to comment :)

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