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>>I think you can be a strict parent and still raise >>your children barefoot > >Do you mean that includes making rules that children >must be barefoot in certain circumstances, leaving >them no choice? >Or would the parents leave it to the children to go >barefoot as they like but be strict in other aspects >(curfew, chores, where they can go and who they can >meet)? > >We have made it a house rule that the house is a >barefoot zone. But that wasn't a rule set and enforced >by parents, rather it's what everybody already agreed >on, so we wouldn't need a rule at all. Except the kids >were proud and happy to make a "barefoot zone" sign >and put it up at the entrance door. (Another family we >know has such a rule but it applies to children only.) > >Outside it's up for everybody to decide but all >children have a clear preference for bare feet and I >like that. The rule is "don't drag dirt inside" which >means washing feet if you don't have shoes to take >off. While the kids sometimes seem proud of their >black barefooter city soles when out and about, they >understand that rule and quickly wash off as they come >home.

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