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[-] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 197 points 3 months ago

Socks keep your shoes from absorbing sweat and help prevent blisters. They’re useful beyond the social construct.

[-] lunarul@lemmy.world 76 points 3 months ago

Not wearing stinky shoes is a social construct.

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago

I got me some of them washable insoles

[-] jaybone@lemmy.zip 15 points 3 months ago
[-] zr0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 35 points 3 months ago

Arguments like these don’t work with kids. Let them experience themselves what is best for them. And have spare socks ready in case they change their mind afterwards

[-] osaerisxero@kbin.melroy.org 21 points 3 months ago

Sure, if that's a reasonable option, but letting the kid hurt themselves isn't always practical. Letting the kids find out 'messing with the pot of boiling water is bad' the hard way, as an example, is not what I would consider good parenting.

[-] Cethin@lemmy.zip 33 points 3 months ago

I think it's pretty clear they're referring to uncomfortable stuff, not dangerous stuff. Obviously don't let them do dangerous stuff.

[-] zr0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 3 months ago

Exactly. Always protect your little ones. It is okay if they experience negative consequences, as long as it doesn’t harm them.

Trying to drink from a glass of water and get fully soaked is okay, even if the experience is not entirely positive.

Touching a hot oven is not okay. Here you have to protect them. The best you can do is try to explain why it is not okay to touch it.

[-] myslsl@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Even if the argument doesn't persuade them at the time it still makes sense to point it out to them so that they are (hopefully) aware of it later.

[-] zr0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 months ago

Fully agree. Always verbalize your thoughts and intentions. Give the kids the ability to learn.

[-] garbagebagel@lemmy.world 26 points 3 months ago

Ok but wearing shoes is a social construct. People didn't wear shoes for thousands of years before shoes came along and they were just fine and full of blisters.

[-] red_bull_of_juarez@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 3 months ago

Wearing shoes is definitely not just a social construct. They protect your feet.

[-] RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 7 points 3 months ago

Protecting feet is a social construct.

[-] RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 6 points 3 months ago

And brother, I'm about to collapse.

[-] SkyeStarfall 9 points 3 months ago

To some degree that's true. But these days the ground contains more dangerous objects than it used to. Specifically hazardous man-made stuff

If it was just nature and we still mostly had like forest floor and such, then probably for the most part it'd be safe yeah. Well, with the exception of plants or animals that could damage your feet or bite you

[-] GraniteM@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

The cholla cactus:

[-] jaybone@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 months ago

When Moses was walking through the desert for 40 years, he wasn’t just trying to fit in.

[-] Quadhammer@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Functional construct

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