Many believe that children should go barefoot in order to nourishes, strengthen, and promotes agility in children's growing feet, ankles, legs, knees, and even hips.

By letting the children go barefoot, their toes will grow straight and had greater ability to spread and push off while walking, greater flexor strength and denser muscles on the bottom of the feet, a wider range of hip movement and more flexibility of hamstring and gluteal muscles. Going barefoot will also reduce the risk of getting flat feet and actually believed to promote better posture.

Sock Shoes are created specially to be shoes for babies learning to walk in that give the feeling of walking barefoot while also give the protection of normal shoes.