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>>>Sounds like things are going well for them, I hope >>>they don't abruptly hit problems when they go back to >>>school. All it takes is one jobsworth... >> >>Luckily in our case the school teachers/management >>realized if they go barefoot everywhere for months >>without problems or injuries there's no safety >>argument against it in school. They're still >>instructed to take shoes/sandals along during >>excursions "just in case". The school has a rule that >>street shoes shouldn't be worn in classroom and during >>the summer there are a number of others who leave >>theirs at the door and don't bother with indoor shoes. >>So it's not even that unusual ... until it cools down >>again. Last winter my children kept going barefoot, >>their bare toes peeking out under wool legwarmers and >>long pants ... they were told they would get sick but >>they stayed healthy throughout. That, I think, is a >>good proof that going barefoot doesn't make you sick. > >And you are indeed lucky. Joe and Carol might not be, >the UK is falling into the grip of 'Safety Culture' >and once it's decided that bare feet are 'Unsafe' bad >things could occur. > >Similarly I'd seen a news item about a school in the >US state of Texas where they decided to ban black >coloured clothing, allegedly because it was a sign of >mental illness/self harm. We live in an increasingly >risk adverse world and we are the poorer for it.

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