ettm: no shoes on kids

[sarack]

i don't understand why when parents bring their children in public, they don't have shoes on half the time? it is so gross to me. obv if you're at the beach or lounging by a pool you wouldn't need to. atleast put some cute socks on that look like shoes.

yes, i'm not a mom but i just don't get it.

yes, i judge people who don't put shoes on their kids in public. flame away. idon'tgiveashit.

the end.

[jennlin]

How old are the kids?

Pre-walking: no shoes is acceptable.
Post-waling: no shoes is not acceptable.

[sarack]

don't agree. why would you want their little feet to be exposed and vulnerable to getting hurt? if they're wrapped up in a blanket, fine. but otherwise, put something on their feet. socks that look like shoes are cute too.

[mominatrix]

My kids loved - and still do love - to take their shoes off. So, we could be out somewhere, they sit down, take shoes off, and start running barefoot.

you never know.

..via mobile.

[mominatrix]

Jul 22, 2012 15:13:16 GMT -5 sarack said:

don't agree. why would you want their little feet to be exposed and vulnerable to getting hurt? if they're wrapped up in a blanket, fine. but otherwise, put something on their feet. socks that look like shoes are cute too.

...but socks don't protect feet.

..via mobile.

[sarack]

socks are better than nothing. and it's different if your kids take them off, atleast you tried! it is still disgusting to me. i hate wearing shoes too, but i do it in public, because it's normal. babies don't need shoes, but toddlers totally do. babies should wear socks.

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Jul 22, 2012 15:04:23 GMT -5 jennlin said:

Pre-walking: no shoes is acceptable.
Post-waling: no shoes is not acceptable.

This. Edmund won't keep socks on for more than 5 minutes and if he has shoes on he has a meltdown. Plus with it being so hot lately he overheats quickly and no shoes keeps him cooler.

[Deleted]

Also Edmund doesn't walk in public yet unless we are on grass. If we go shopping he is either in the stroller or in the seat of the cart.

[joenali]

Hate me... Again, but I still don't like wearing shoes sometimes. I don't mind if ss walks around inside or outside without shoes... Isn't it summer??? Public place like grocery store, yes on shoes!

[Deleted]

I don't judge the kids that don't wear shoes bc as pp have stated kids take off their shoes, even if they start the day with shoes.

I judge the drunk chicks carrying their 4" heels, drunk off their ass on the way home from the bar walking barefoot on the sidewalk. Even in my drunkest drunk times I have never taken off my shoes at a bar.

[dana86]

I didn't really put shoes on M when I carried her around in her infant carseat. But once I switched her around 9 months into her big carseat I would always put shoes on her.

[sarack]

like i said, i hate wearing shoes too, and i know i didn't as a kid and maybe that is where my prejudice comes.. but i just think the kids don't look put together. there is nothing i think is worse than when your kid is wearing dirty clothes.. or is dirty.

ciara- IMO, edmund should have been made to wear shoes at the zoo. is he walking?

[InBetweenDays]

Well, many recommend that kids go barefoot if they aren't walking. Pre-walking shoes, and even tight socks, can actually impede the natural movement of a baby's foot.

And shoes or no shoes my kids often don't look "put together". Especially now that they want to pick out their own clothes. If DD comes down in something that really makes me cringe I'll try to steer her towards something else, but if you can't dress in mismatched clothes (that you like and want to wear) as a 6 year old when can you? And DS will often flip if I try to pick out certain clothes for him. There are enough battles with 3 year olds - making him wear a certain outfit isn't one I want to fight.

[Deleted]

He is walking but only at home. It was 95 degrees outside yesterday and he would have been screaming his head off if I had tried to put shoes on him since he would have overheated. He only left the stroller if we were holding him so he could see something.

ETA: His pedi doesn't want us to put him into hard soled shoes until he is more stable at walking. The soft soled shoes he just pulls off as soon as I turn my back.

[amandasw]

ok, this is weird. I don't get it, it's a kid. Who cares if they are wearing shoes? Especially if they aren't walking! You totally sound like Suri (of Suri's burn book) And yeah, kids take off their shoes/socks/hat/etc all the time, so if it's 10am or later when you see them, you don't know that the parents didn't try...!

[Deleted]

What Amanda said. I can put them on him before we leave the house and by the time we are at our destination they are thrown across the back seat. And when I try to put them back on him he screams. If we had been told to put shoes on him yesterday we would have just gone back to MILs house because I wouldn't have dealt with a screaming child at the zoo for 2 hours throwing his shoes and socks every time he got them off.

Just curious, what will happen if your child throws a tantrum every time you put socks and shoes on them?

[sarack]

lol. i'm not a mom, like i said, so who knows that the future brings. but for now, my opinion is that it looks bad. it's so weird to see kids in the grocery store, in the dirty ass cart with their little feet just open to all the gross. i think it really has to do with germs for me. yes, socks might not keep them from harms way, but it keeps their feet warm and a barrier between that and gross.

if i do ever become a mom, which i'm not sure i will, but if i do, i'm going to make sure my kid starts having shoes at a very young age. i have really flat feet and 1 doctor told me that i didn't wear shoes enough as a child.. which is TOTALLY true. i still don't LOVE wearing shoes and we definitely don't wear them at home, but i always wear them in public. especially at the mall and in stores.

[Deleted]

See I don't worry about germs at all. I don't sanitize anything before I give it to him. I don't even sanitize the carts before I set him in the seat. I struggled from the day he found his feet to keep things on them and got to a point I was putting socks back on him every 5 minutes and it made going out miserable because we would stop fix his socks or shoes and then go again. It got to a point I spent so much time fixing them that I just stopped caring.

Once he becomes a really stable walker I will allow him to walk on the ground when we are out and he will wear shoes but until then he may or may not start the day with socks but normally they are off within 5 minutes and then he screams if I put them on.

Also right now he hates walking on concrete or grass period. Doesn't matter if there is anything on his feet. He is only comfortable walking on carpet, wood or laminate floors.

I also figure that he has been through so much in the last year I want to give him some time to be carefree about things and I want to have some time to be carefree about he little things. I stressed and worried about so much it's nice not worrying about the little things and for us the little things are socks and shoes. I would much rather make him happy by going barefoot than make him unhappy by shoving his foot into something.

[amandasw]

germs are good for kids!

[picksthemusic]

M takes her socks off regularly, as well as any shoes we put on her feet that aren't strapped there. I'm not one to judge because every parenting style is different.

But I agree, socks only keep feet warm, not protected.

Also, any good pediatrician or podiatrist will tell you to let your child walk without shoes to help them strengthen the right muscles for walking in their feet (this helps prevent flat feet and high arches).

[macpanda]

Jul 23, 2012 10:26:11 GMT -5 @amandasw said:

germs are good for kids!

:Y:

[sarack]

i agree that germs are good, but your kids don't need to be dirty out in public because you couldn't wipe them off after they played in the backyard.

my cousin who never played in the dirt was sick all the time. my cousin who sucked on rocks when he was little was never sick. lol.

[tacocat]

Jul 23, 2012 10:26:11 GMT -5 @amandasw said:

germs are good for kids!

This!

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Jul 23, 2012 14:45:33 GMT -5 @jennuinne said:

Jul 23, 2012 14:27:45 GMT -5 sarack said:

i agree that germs are good, but your kids don't need to be dirty out in public because you couldn't wipe them off after they played in the backyard.

my cousin who never played in the dirt was sick all the time. my cousin who sucked on rocks when he was little was never sick. lol.

not wearing shoes/socks =/= being dirty

This!

[sarack]

lol. this is true, but like i've said, it makes me feel like they are going to get dirty. lol. i just don't like it.

[Deleted]

Jul 23, 2012 14:48:16 GMT -5 sarack said:

lol. this is true, but like i've said, it makes me feel like they are going to get dirty. lol. i just don't like it.

If they don't touch the ground they aren't going to get dirty.

[karebear219]

So sarack, even though there are many studies out there showing that being barefoot is beneficial for babies and helps their development, you would still put shoes on your baby?