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Its not just in homes either. When I drop off or pick up my daughter from daycare and I go inside to fetch her bag I have to take my shoes off. Same at the baby clinics. And the psychologist's office.
Shoes off, slipperies are needed. Shoes on at my grandmother's though.
I use slippers at home as well. But heavy shoes, no no. I wouldn't even want to have heavy shoes at home, very uncomfortable.
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Originally Posted by Natsku
Its not just in homes either. When I drop off or pick up my daughter from daycare and I go inside to fetch her bag I have to take my shoes off. Same at the baby clinics. And the psychologist's office.
For bacterial reasons. The environments must be so sterile as possible and cigarette filters or a worm under your shoes compromises this. Kindergartens are bacteria melting pots anyway, so no need to bring more to them. Also some kids put all stuff into their mouths.
So you don´t think it´s rude at all to walk with your dirty shoes on somebody else´s clean floor?
Depends on how dirty your shoes are. If they are visible dirty, or covered in mud, then of course, take them off, as I would myself, but otherwise, no problem. But I usually walk around in socks or slippers at home, because it's comfortable.
For bacterial reasons. The environments must be so sterile as possible and cigarette filters or a worm under your shoes compromises this. Kindergartens are bacteria melting pots anyway, so no need to bring more to them.
I find this a little worrisome. Making a child's environment "as sterile as possible" has pretty much been proved to be detrimental.
If my children went to day care, I'd certainly be concerned about their coming into contact with bacteria and viruses from sick children. Coming into contact with a little street dirt on someone's shoes--not so much. Actually, not at all. It's better for the immune system to be exposed to dirt and dust.
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