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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No. That’s just disgusting and dangerous. If one spreads fertilizer and pesticides, that’s bad for feet. But also consider animal feces from rodents, birds, etc. and stinging insects, and the possibility of a rusty nail or sharp stone. 
Unless you have one of those fake lawn carpets and vacuum it regularly, it’s a bad idea. [/quote]

Yikes.  I wonder how your line managed to evolve.  You sound neurotic.  Lemme guess you have all sorts of allergies and illnesses?

Kid have to be exposed to nature to make then healthy.  It's literally the way our species evolved.[/quote]

dp. It used to be common for kids not to wear shoes outside. Rising levels of wealth in the US and an understanding of hookworm changed that. People put shoes on kids to prevent hookworm and it worked. Now there's, generally, better sanitation in the US, especially in a private backyard. And, thankfully, incidents of hookworm are now rare.

So it's not neurotic to link shoes to safety. Historically, shoes have helped "our species" stay safe outdoors.

Pus, playing outdoors in the dirt and getting the benefit of exposure to all those germs can still happen when kids play outside with shoes on---just as it did in the past, when parents were trying to keep their kids safe from hookworm. These aren't mutually exclusive.

On a personal note, I did step on a rusty nail as a kid. That was not fun. So I am pro-shoes outside, but one of my kids vehemently disagrees, lol.[/quote]

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