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>Autumn is here, with wind, fog and rustling leaves >underfoot. All four of my children are going out >barefoot every day and none of them want to be the >first to put on shoes ... I told them it would be no >big deal, no need to be hard on themselves but they >just all prefer it that way. Like some others we found >wool legwarmers in a shop that they love to wear to be >extra cozy outside. > >At times we get very surprised looks from adults or >other children. Recently we made a city trip to Graz, >Austria where we visited a lot of cultural events and >museums, the kids just loved it ... and I admit at >this point I can't imagine them any other way than >with bare feet, free pink toes now wiggling and >peeking out under sensible outdoor clothing, often >black-soled from thousands of steps on rough city >pavement. > >As parents we are now in comfortable walking shoes, >while our children have their barefoot life as their >own thing, always proud and happy of what they're >doing, never getting tired!

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