I Went Barefoot To School

My daughter came running out of school today completely barefoot! Shoes in hand and socks stuffed in her bag... Harriet said that her teacher had told her to remove her shoes and socks because they were absolutely soaking wet through, and so her teacher put them on a radiator to dry.

My darling Harriet completely forgot she was barefoot and simply went about her school day with bare feet. Even at playtime!

I hope she doesn’t get ideas and ask to start going to school barefoot because the school won’t let her go barefoot full time.

Ps
You should know my daughter and sons all despise wearing any footwear and leap at any opportunity to have bare feet.

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barefootnude · 61-69, M

I'm sure she enjoyed it a lot. There's really nothing wrong with it. Society has just decided that it's unhealthy and unsafe. Nothing could be farther from the truth. How many of our grandparents went to school barefoot?

My son was very passionate about going barefoot. There were a few times in elementary school when he would get away from the house before I could make sure he was all "put together" and had everything. He walked to school, and about an hour later, I got a call from the office saying that he'd showed up at school barefoot. Well that meant, I had to put clothes on and drive up there. I walked into the office barefoot (of course) and gave him his flip-flops. I did talk to the principal a couple of times, and they were not going to budge. He said a few of the teachers didn't care that he was barefoot in the classroom, but he had to wear his flip-flops outside of the classroom. As long as it wasn't cold, he kicked them off at the first opportunity and walked home barefoot.