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>Some side effects of raising barefoot children: >Sock drawers aren't in the bedroom but next to the >front door and not touched during half a year. >No dirty child socks in the laundry for month. Also no >sorting which pair belongs to whom. >When going out, no waiting time to choose the right >pair of shoes, putting them on, tying shoelaces ... >When coming home, no piles of shoes somewhere in the >way on the floor near the entrance. (In winter we have >a shelf for them.) >Children take longer to learn tying their shoelaces >because they have to do it so rarely. (In some guide >for parents I read it's an essential ability, I was >just shaking my head as walking barefoot is such an >essential ability that too many don't ever really >learn!) >Shoes are good as new when children grow out of them, >because they have worn them so little. >Not immediately replacing shoes by new ones (that can >wait until it's shoe weather again). >Having no idea what size the children's feet are when >autumn comes and it's time to buy shoes again. >When trying on long pants, making sure their legs >don't touch the ground when going barefoot. Also that >fitting is super easy because you don't need to take >off shoes before, and put them on again after. >Our daughter has recently developed an interest of >filing her fingernails and toenails nicely and >painting them in matching colors ... actually quite >tasteful, she's finding her style. >Any other effects you observed?

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