Barefoot child at Wal-Mart

[Alysser]

You should have submitted a picture:
http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/?page_id=9798

[lizbud]

You should have submitted a picture:
http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/?page_id=9798

OMG, some of those are sooooo funny.

Makes you think twice about the Islamic rule of "covering up" doesn't it?

[Cataholic]

Like LH, I can't really see the horror of a child barefoot. When I think of the 'shoes' J has on most of the time- crocs, that rubber sole is absolutely no barrier for glass, metal, etc. I see opened toed flip flops (which kill me to wear), and I imagine any caustic liquid would be flapped up over them without any issue. I see water type shoes, moccasins, etc. No shoes? No big deal, to me.

What I also thought of when I read the OP was the children that have various disorders, which make shoe wearing, along with lots of other types of constrictive clothing, dern near impossible. Maybe the child had swollen feet, or had had on new shoes and there were blisters and wearing any shoe was not going to happen any more that day.

There are so many things that it could be other than lazy, inconsequential parents.

Though it doesn't happen now, at 6, I had taken J into the store in his jammies on more than one occasion. I will never forget the jammies with rain boots at HD, and running into a client! Know what the client said??? "Trust me, it isn't bad until it involves a mask". LOL, apparently as the father of two younger children himself, he had been there.

Much ado about nothing.

[cassiesmom]

I don't think this thread's issue is about the kid being barefoot, but about the potential safety danger of going without shoes, and the potential of stepping on something that would cause injury. A piece of broken glass, a sliver of metal, a nail, a caustic liquid - any of these which could be in the parking lot, or even the store floor.

Thank you, Pomtzu- you said it better than I could!

It's not that the child was barefoot, it's where (potential hazards to be stepped in/on both inside the store and in the parking lot). I guess you'd have to see the parking lot. Things out there no one should step on.

I've seen children in their PJ's there and at the supermarket - doesn't bother me.

Much ado about nothing.

I'm sorry I brought it up.

[Cataholic]

I'm sorry I brought it up.

No apologies necessary. I have a different opinion and I expressed it. Doesn't mean yours has no validity.

[lizbud]

Thank you, Pomtzu- you said it better than I could!

It's not that the child was barefoot, it's where (potential hazards to be stepped in/on both inside the store and in the parking lot). I guess you'd have to see the parking lot. Things out there no one should step on.

I've seen children in their PJ's there and at the supermarket - doesn't bother me.


I'm sorry I brought it up.

Don't be sorry, you were right all along. This isn't just an appearances
type of thing, it is a safety issue. If other parents don't see that, then so
be it.

[lvpets2002]

Oh I know when I was growing up = I hated shoes.. I went barefoot all of the time at Home.. Hey I thought most stores made you wear shoes (even for kids)..