Do your children go barefoot too?-Jake, from Wisconsin (where we savor the 8 months of the year that we can go barefoot.)
Thanks for the question, Jake! We DO encourage our kids to go barefooted a lot. Research has clearly shown that children's feet should be uninhibited as much as possible while they're still in the process of growing.
Do they go barefooted everywhere all the time? No, but if my wife and I don't perceive a risk of the kids hurting themselves due to inattentiveness of the environment around them then we'll generally let them go unshod.
If we do have them wear shoes, we try to make more flexible "minimalist" footwear available that allows their feet to breathe and move naturally.
In the end, we want our children to grow up knowing that shoes are NOT usually necessary and that they're feet are healthier overall when not confined in footwear.
Smiles,
Michael
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