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Date Posted: 2023-09-24 09:56:55
Author: Roope
Subject: Re: Washing your kids feet
In reply to: Anita 's message, "Re: Washing your kids feet" on 2023-09-24 09:07:26

Hey! That is fun to hear! And yes, I could say it’s some form of bonding with my kids even when they’re already teenagers, I’m not complaining about it tho. It’s cute to hear my girls laugh when the scrubbing gets too ticklish! As someone said in an older post my girls wear their black soles like a medal and being proud of them haha!


>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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