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>>Being in shorts all year reminds him that he is still >>a child because he often thinks that he is an adult. > >I don't think my children need to be reminded they're >children. They know it and when they try to be adult, >even better, at some point they have to learn it! >There's something else though: Going barefoot >everywhere and almost all year is "their own thing". >Something that makes them different from the adults in >family and most of their age outside the family, >something makes them special. >Yes, they're actually tougher than us parents who go >barefoot at home and in the garden, park and beach >only. Be it on gravel trails that don't seem to slow >them down much (though they're definitely not a >favourite surface) or in the snow when they're out and >about leaving their cute barefootprints. They are also >great tree climbers using their fingers and toes >remarkably. >As children they have a lot to learn and adults are >better and more experienced at plenty of things, so it >certainly boosts their self-confidence to have >something they're better at, for a change. >(Yes, they know their limits, they're not invulnerable >and they know how cold is too cold.) >When I was a kid I already spent my summers barefoot, >to the delight of my maternal grandparents who said >that going barefoot is a thing for boys ... As our >oldest child is a girl who loved going barefoot in >most seasons it was clear that we wouldn't make a >difference and let all our children grow up this way!

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