Barefoot mummies and barefoot children - Page 2

[Adaline'sMama]

The issue isnt you not putting your kids in danger- its the fact that you have no consideration for what other people consider dangerous. Pinworms are gross, I had them as a kid, and my DH has had them too. They are tiny little worms that crawl out of your ass and get all over everything and when someone else touches them and then touches their face or eats they ingest them and then they also have tiny little worms that crawl out of their ass. So, when you put your kids bare ass on things, they might be spreading pinworms to some unknowing person who forgot to wash his hands after he went to the grocery and before he at his bagel.

But now I remember you from a previous thread, and I know that you have no interest in changing. You are going to do as you please, and screw everyone else, right? Screw the old people who dont want your kids jumping all over their furniture, the grandparents that dont want your kid cussing at them, and all the folks at the grocery store who dont want their kids to get pinworms. Oh, and lets hope that no one who is immune deficient gets any "germs" from your kids' ass. Cause' you dont care, you are just living and letting your kids do whatever they want, right?

Pinworms have nothing to do with being a germaphobe- they are real parasites that exist and children often have them without their parents knowing. The only real symptom is an itchy butt and come on- how many kids to you see itching their butt? Tons.

[Storm Bride]

I'm very laid back about being barefoot (in fact, I have a thread in this forum about that, because a neighbour threatened to call CPS because of my toddler having no shoes on).  I'm also very, very far from being a germaphobe. I don't care about naked kids, in general - and let my own kids run around the house naked to whatever age they want to do so (including sitting on the chairs, etc.). I find shopping cart covers and such to be overkill (unless one's child is immune compromised, obviously).

And, I still find the idea of a very small child in a shopping cart without a diaper to be really nasty. I don't think it's appropriate for a child to be naked in a grocery store, anyway. It's especially inappropriate when the child isn't reliably using the potty (which I have to assume is the case here, as he was wearing a diaper). I mean...that's just gross. What if he peed or pooped in the cart? And, yeah - pinworms are gross. I had them several times as a child, and they're icky.

[bodhitree]

Yeah, I don't have a problem with the barefoot thing and in fact think we'd all be healthier if we didn't encase our feet in shoes all the time, but allowing a kid to ride in a shopping cart with a naked butt is just gross. I would be appalled if I saw someone doing that. Naked butts do not belong close to food. I am not at all a germophobe, but I don't even let my daughter run around without underwear on in our own house.

[coffeegirl]

And the letting the kids stomp gaily through neighbors' gardens, playing music as loud as possible and telling your neighbors to piss off if they think it's too loud....etc., etc. It's not the bare feet, solemum. It's like, your total lack of regard for the concerns of your fellow human beings. You come off as totally self-centered here. To the point where I'm not convinced you're real about this attitude.

[Storm Bride]

Originally Posted by coffeegirl 

To the point where I'm not convinced you're real about this attitude.

Yes. This.

[SisterMother]

What are your shopping carts like there? Our baby seats are metal bars and more than once I've cut myself on a sharp edge from one. Do you put down a towel or something? Surely this is uncomfortable for the child, not to mention the pinches that might happen.

[EuroMama]

I know this thread is a bit old. But I honestly would be tempted to call CPS had I seen a child in a grocery cart bare naked.

[D_McG]

Originally Posted by EuroMama 

I know this thread is a bit old. But I honestly would be tempted to call CPS had I seen a child in a grocery cart bare naked.

agree.  something is just completely off there.