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From: whitehur@tymix.UUCP (Pamela K. Whitehurst)
Newsgroups: net.kids
Subject: Re: slippers optional
Message-ID: <614@tymix.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 9-Jan-86 11:52:17 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan  9 11:52:17 1986
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In article <638@sfmin.UUCP> jeffj@sfmin.UUCP (J.S.Jonas) writes:
>
>	Do you allow yourself/your kids to go around the house
>barefooted, or must they wear socks and/or slippers, and why?

I have gotten into the habit of wearing shoes to work and usually leave
them on after I arrive home.  On non-work days I put shoes on before I
leave the apartment, unless I am just going down to the corner to pick up 
a newspaper or something.  I like being able to feel the surfaces I am
walking on.  I like not having my feet feeling confined.

When my daughter was younger, she wore shoes for protection and warmth,
and when socially or legally required (to church and stores).
I did not require her to wear shoes inside.  I did not always require her to
wear shoes outside.  This was many years ago. Today I would require
wearing shoes outside more often.  There seems to be more things to protect
the feet from.
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