The weather in Shenzhen has been too scorching recently! Facing Guangdong, which only has summer, summer, and winter all year round, I really want to ask: Of course, due to the hot weather, the editor found that my colleagues around me have recently abandoned trendy shoes and put

The weather in Shenzhen has been too scorching recently! Facing Guangdong, which only has summer, summer, and winter all year round, I really want to ask: Of course, due to the hot weather, the editor found that my colleagues around me have recently abandoned trendy shoes and put on Guangdong’s summer characteristics-herringbone. drag. And when many babies come to Gymboree for class, they also like to keep their little feet bare. They make a fuss and scratch off their feet as soon as they put on the non-slip socks.

Every summer, "should children go barefoot?" becomes a hot topic of debate among many families. For example, we can always hear the elders say: The cold starts from the soles of the feet! It’s easy to catch a cold without socks! If you don't wear socks, the cold air will enter the body, which will easily cause diarrhea ... All kinds of doubts make new and old mothers afraid to act rashly. Could it be that bare feet really make children sick?

In fact, going barefoot will not only prevent children from getting sick, but also has many benefits.

1. Children’s hands and feet are cold ≠ Feeling cold. Many elderly people will judge whether their children are cold based on the temperature of their hands and feet. In fact, just because a child's hands and feet feel cold does not mean he is really cold. Children's blood circulation system is not as good as adults and is not fully developed yet. The hands and feet are at the end of blood circulation and are far away from the heart. The blood circulation is poorer than that of adults, and the skin is relatively thin. It is normal for the hands and feet to feel cold.

Moreover, small hands and feet are the ends of the limbs. When the weather is warm, why can the small hands be exposed but the small feet have to be tightly wrapped?

The real way to judge whether a child is warm or cold is to "touch the back": if the back is warm, the child feels the temperature is just right; if the back is sweating, the child is wearing too much; if the back is slightly cold, more clothes are needed. Some foreign studies believe that going barefoot can help children have better balance.

Because when barefoot, children can better feel the information from the ground. Combined with the vestibular system in the inner ear, they can adjust their walking posture and direction, balance with gravity, and guide themselves forward. When a child is born, the bones in the foot are soft, and bare feet allow the toes to grip the ground better, which not only prevents slipping, but also helps the baby learn to master balance, allowing him to learn faster and walk better. At the same time, bare feet can also stimulate the muscle development of the feet and legs. It serves multiple purposes and is an indispensable part for children to learn to walk.

Please take a look at these two pictures. This is Gymboree's classroom. Some places are covered with carpets, while other places have smooth and clean floors. Why is this?

Gymboree Early Education Environment

In fact, this is also a "care machine" we set up in the classroom specifically to increase children's experience. When children come to Gymboree for class, their feet feel completely different when they step on the smooth and comfortable floor and when they step on the soft carpet. The experience and feeling are also completely different. The stimulation from the ground not only gives the child information feedback, but also stimulates the development of the tactile nerves in the child's feet. When

nerve endings are exposed to external stimuli, they will establish a connection with the "feeling" obtained from the outside and the brain, thereby better helping the child complete various walking actions. Because of this, we not only encourage children to go barefoot, but also encourage children to go barefoot and experience the floors of different materials:

wooden boards, carpets, cement, lawns, sand... rough, smooth, hard, Soft, cold, warm...a series of tactile sensations can be obtained from the ground of different materials through bare feet. Of course, when the floor is particularly cold, it is not suitable for children to go barefoot. In many air-conditioned rooms, the floors are as frozen as ice. This environment is not suitable for children to walk barefoot. The temperature of wooden floors is generally not as low as that of ceramic tiles. If children want to play and walk barefoot, a room with wooden floors at home will be better.

The weather will get hotter and hotter next time. Parents, please don’t stop your children from going barefoot. As long as the children are willing, let them choose a safe environment and let them happily go barefoot in this season when the temperature is just right! The most important thing is that mothers with barefoot children can wash less pairs of socks when washing clothes. Get a lazy skill every day!