 But I like your confidence. It's adorable. You'll learn, though, when the time comes, that children are little Houdinis. They have a near mystical ability to escape their shoes, jackets, and whatever else item of clothing they don't want to wear. And they can do it in the blink of an eye. Some sort of primal urge compels them. They long to be barbarians again, running shoeless and naked through the forest. And we as parents are forced to civilize children.