I've just moved into a new home with lovely varnished wood floors. Now sadly I don't want any bruised knees so me and the kids are in bare feet inside the house.
the bruises and skinned knees are all part of growing up.. what you loved to do as a kid is the same things the kids now love to do. we want to stifle that fun because we are afraid they will get hurt.. did you worry about getting hurt when you were that child? :) put all your socks on and go skating with the kids mom :)
At school we werent allowed to slide, but we did. Until age 12 had to change from outdoors shoes into plimsolls as shoes weren't allowed kn school. When we got the chance we took plimsolls off and went sliding At home, none of us walk around im socks as the wooden floors are extremely slippy.