Why do Children take off Their Shoes?

Girl's bare feet climbing a ramp

An article posted on Zapato Feroz answered the question why children take off their shoes. It cited these reasons: Foot Sensitivity Body Awareness Security and Stability Foot Development The only way for children’s feet to develop properly is by being barefoot. Read the full article to see, “Why do children take off their shoes?“

Why Children Should be Barefoot to age Four

Hands cradling a baby's feet.

A recent article by Naboso discussed Why Children Should be Barefoot Until Age Four.  For a young child, the world is bursting with color, brimming with sounds, and teeming with different textures and sensations. Every moment is a learning experience for newborns, infants, and toddlers. One of the most profound ways a child explores this […]

How to Transition Your Kids to a Barefoot Lifestyle

Legs and bare feet outside a boat

Barefooting has health benefits for every stage of life, but especially for children as their feet grow and develop. Children tend to naturally want to go barefoot, but shoe companies include footwear with blinking lights, bright colors, and work to indoctrinate kids into not having free feet. Therefore, parents and guardians need to work purposefully […]

Could a no-shoe policy help learning in the classroom?

For the past nine months, the message of hygiene and cleanliness has dominated schools, and yet not once has anyone looked down and thought about their feet. While we’ve scrubbed our hands and the surfaces they come into contact with relentlessly, our shoes – and the colony of germs locked into the soles – have […]

Bare Feet 7 Reasons to Let Your Children Have Them

Three sets of bare feet

From the Momma’s School, a blog gave 7 reasons children should be barefoot. Our feet used to be just fine walking bare. It’s a sensory experience and makes children happy to experience all the pleasure from that. Going with bare feet increases the body’s and foot’s strength. Going with bare feet helps proprioception (spacial orientation […]

Barefoot to School

Bare feet under chairs

At the end of August, most schools in the United States go back in session. For many students, this means the days of barefoot summer are over and footwear is being forced upon them. However, this doesn’t have to be the case. Most US schools require footwear for pupils, even very strict closed toe requirements […]

Children study Barefoot at Primary School in UK

Primary school children have been told to wear only socks for lessons after shoes were banned in an attempt to improve children’s results. Holmbush Primary School in Shoreham, West Sussex, declared that children should study barefoot after the school’s ‘Learning Council’, made up of Year Six pupils, found that ‘shoeless classrooms’ could help pupils learn. […]