Barefoot Children

mrbrightside842

If it's true, I feel sorry for the kid. Makes me think of the little match girl!

andrealm

galvanizersbaby wrote: »

This will not do much good for your carpets though (if you have them) neither will dog mess.

I guess older kids might have less of a chance of harming themselves but little un's couln't be expected to look at the pavement all the time

I think shoes are there to provide some protection and keep feet warm and dry in the winter, I personally wouldn't consider myself a responsible parent if i allowed my kids to not wear any outside the house and garden.
I couldn't care less what adults do

Still think this thread is a wind up :rotfl:

We walked down to our nearest shop today just after reading this thread.
With the amount of broken glass on the footpath and gravel on the way I wouldn't even consider going barefoot or letting the kids do it. I can't remember ever seeing anyone walking the streets barefoot, different if you're on a beach or in the country.

Glamazon

Primark £2 for a pair of pumps - Simples

I bought 4 pairs in varying colours the other day.

Barefoot in the garden is my limit, nowhere else I've seen the crap people lob on the floor.

Ladyhawk

I would quite happily walk around London... yes folks... a CITY! barefoot. I grew up not wearing shoes to the shops etc and even now can quite happily walk on gravel barefoot.

Yes occasionally I'd step on a thorn or something but seriously it is not something to get worked up about. And once when walking barefoot at London Bridge I did step in a big patch of spit. I just wiped it off and carried on walking. No harm done.

sock-knitter

i'm with the majority of posters here, and would not let my kids walk outside of the garden in bare feet. too much broken glass or dog mess, plus it cant be comfortable walking on gravel?
i survive on benefits, and often pay upwards of £50 for my kids shoes, i have no choice as size 15 shoes are not easy to come by. so i save a little as and when i can. surely the parent of the little one, can afford some cheap shoes.
my two are 15 year old and still growing, dont know where i'll find there shoes then lol
shaz

galvanizersbaby

sock-knitter wrote: »

i'm with the majority of posters here, and would not let my kids walk outside of the garden in bare feet. too much broken glass or dog mess, plus it cant be comfortable walking on gravel?
i survive on benefits, and often pay upwards of £50 for my kids shoes, i have no choice as size 15 shoes are not easy to come by. so i save a little as and when i can. surely the parent of the little one, can afford some cheap shoes.
my two are 15 year old and still growing, dont know where i'll find there shoes then lol
shaz

I thought that uk sizes only went up to a size 12!:eek:

peachyprice

galvanizersbaby wrote: »

OP I think its not so much narrowmindness as in what folks might think about a child without shoes - i.e. acceptability - more a case of H&S if living in a town or city.

Oh I don't know, I think it's pretty p!key.
No way would I walk round a town centre with a child wearing no shoes and filthy dirty feet.

galvanizersbaby

peachyprice wrote: »

Oh I don't know, I think it's pretty p!key.
No way would I walk round a town centre with a child wearing no shoes and filthy dirty feet.

:rotfl:Yes I was trying to point out the obvious H&S risks to wearing no footwear as opposed to just the sk*nk factor.

I remember my grandad telling me that sometimes he and his younger brother had no shoes to wear on their feet (this was 80 years ago in the East End of london) - probably not such a rare sight in those days but even so my grandfather was teased and called names

Violetta_2

Ok if you want to walk around town barefoot that is fine, but to make a child do it because you can't afford it is another matter. I would rather go without, or live off value beans on toast than make my dd go barefoot. I wished the op had answered my question do the parents go barefoot too. Is their financial situation so terrible that they can't buy shoes. Couldn't they use the child benefit for shoes. Wee canvas pumps are only a few pound, there really is no need for this to be forced on a child.

Person_one

jinky67 wrote: »

you get used to it after 2 mins, and yo would only be bumping into things and people if yo had NO spacial awareness

link please

I'm not some sort of anti-barefoot campaigner! A couple of days ago I legged it through a city centre barefoot because I was going to be late for the start of a play and couldn't run in my stupid shoes!

But there are times when shoes are better, and I think gravelly surfaces are one of them!

Annoyingly I can't find the link I'm looking for, there are lots of conflicting non-reputable ones but I'm sure I saw something on the BBC a few years back. It was about how the impact on concrete etc. is bad for feet, shins and knees but that if we hadn't tarmaced and concreted everywhere barefoot would be better.