Barefoot Children

Gingham_Ribbon

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:Hilarious thread. I'm amazed so many people bought this hook line and sinker.

alwaysonthego_2

Violetta wrote: »

Sorry , think you mean derogatory.:o

I did but it sounded right in my mind

MissMoneypenny

Hectors_House wrote: »

We used to run around barefoot all the time when we were littlies but we were living in New Zealand where it seemed to be a cultural thing.

We were made to wear our shoes in school but allowed to take them off again during lunchtime (I can still remember the long line of shoes outside the library!).

We spent most of our free time down on the beach so our feet got cleaned anyway (besides having baths).

We were taught to wear our shoes all the time whwn we came back to the UK because of the dog mess/glass etc.

When my son was in NZ last year, he was warned to wear shoes on the beeches because of needles and HIV risks. Times change.

galvanizersbaby

PrincessPlaty wrote: »

Seriously where the hell is this neglect coming from? Are the children being forced to go barefeet? Or are they choosing to and having fun without having their feet restricted?

I grew up walking about in barefeet everywhere and i still do it in most places now! Didnt do me any harm and has was said before you learn to watch where you walk!!!

I have spent the past week gallivanting all over london with he kids, i spent the whole time telling my DD2 to put her shoes on. She will be 4 tomorrow and she loves nothing more than running about without being restricted by shoes.

There is nothing neglectful about it.

Erm...yes in the Op's post re her friends... I guess by default of the parents not buying any shoes!!??

MissMoneypenny

Use the child's welfare payments (child tax credits, child benefits) to pay for the child's shoes. The parents have their JSA money for bills, clothes, food for themselves.

PrincessPlaty

Bitsy_Beans wrote: »

Well OP suggests parents won't buy shoes because they can't afford to spend £40 on them. That doesn't sound like the child is choosing NOT to wear the shoes - she isn't even being given the choice, unlike your daughter who has shoes but doesn't want to wear them.

I confess I walked across Brum city centre a number of times barefoot due to either being a hurry (4 inch heels are not condusive to fast walking ) or my feet killing me from wearing said 4 inch heels on a night out. It wasn't that bad (and this was winter :eek:) but not something I'd do on a regular basis. The reason stepping on gravel hurts is because our feet aren't used to it, I imagine those that went barefoot more often have tougher skin.
I have no objection to it in countryside etc but having seen glass strewn all over the floor (and miniscule slivers aren't always immediately noticiable) I wouldn't encourage my children to do this in some parts of the city.

I think they key thing to this argument is choice. The parents are not giving a choice to their daughter. For those of you who went barefoot were you forced to or was it by choice?

I was refferring to the posts after the OP sorry maybe i should have quoted what i was talking about

I do however agree strongly that if this is a case of parents refusing to buy shoes for the child/children then that is neglect and they need to get their priorities right and sharpish too.

alfaromeo

I do not want to add fuel to the fire but feel I need to add a response

Firstly how is she being neglected, she is quite happy running round barefoot.

If if we went to Western Super Mare or somewhere similar instead of York and the girls waked barefoot along the promenade no one would have thought it strange, lots of people do it. What is the difference

peachyprice

Will she be when there's frost on the ground?

Will she be when she walks in !!!!!!, puke, gob or glass (I am being purposely crude BTW)

galvanizersbaby

peachyprice wrote: »

Will she be when there's frost on the ground?

Will she be when she walks in !!!!!!, puke, gob or glass (I am being purposely crude BTW)

Yes agree besides there is a big difference between being barefoot out of choice because you are a child and it's enjoyable and being barefoot because you have no other choice.

My daughter didn't like wearing clothes out when she was little including shoes - if I had let her go out naked in the winter I'm sure she would have soon got cold though and decided that clothes were not a bad idea after all

OP - what are they planning to do when their daughter starts back at school? - surely they will buy her shoes to wear - I can't see the school allowing her to be barefoot all day?

skintchick

As a tenager I used to go barefoot all the time, everywhere, and gravel, etc., doesn't hurt at all. I still go barefoot as much as possible now, and once when it was raining very hard and my shoes got filled with water, I walked across central London barefoot to a date, carrying my shoes, as it was easier. I can still remember how lovely the wet pavements felt on my feet!