Kids with glasses

[ADVentive]

My friend's son has special needs and has worn glasses since he was a baby. He is always losing or breaking them though. She told me that she used to get upset because glasses were so expensive, but now she just buys a whole bunch of pairs from Zenni and they are super cheap, like under $10 each. Now she doesn't sweat it if she needs to replace his glasses. She has a whole stash of them.

[~HecateWhisperCat~]

Is zeni cheaper than eyesbuydirect?

[Ohky0815]

Originally Posted by Lucidkitty

Is zeni cheaper than eyesbuydirect?

I chose Zenni because they are cheap and had good customer service. I dont know about the other place. The problem is that you cant try on anything before you buy. Only 1 time did i end up buying an ugly pair.

[tulani]

Originally Posted by poodlecamper

Love the McDonald's idea. I started wearing glasses at age and never lost or broke a pair. My daughter,OTOH, at age 11, first pair dumped in the garbage off her lunch tray. The next pair were in her purse (not on her face where they belonged) which she swung around in circles, let go, and a car ran over them. I made her pay for the next pair herself, out of her savings account. No more lost or destroyed glasses��

I started wearing glasses at the beginning of the fourth grade. They were ugly, blue plastic, cat eye frames that I HATED. I didn't mind wearing them and being able to see, the style was just so ugly though. Well I wore those glasses every day - with an eye patch over my good eye, because I have a lazy eye - until the end of 4th grade.

I wasn't teased about my glasses, just the patch. Most people thought cat eye glasses were the cat's pajamas.

I, too, threw my glasses away with my lunch trash... only mine were in my lunch bag and I tossed the bag in the garbage. I even ran down to the incinerator to see if the janitor had burnt the trash yet, and he had.

I don't remember getting in any trouble for losing them... unless you consider the fact that my parents decided I didn't need glasses to see anyway. I finally bought myself another pair when I was in high school and making my own money.

I lost that pair at the mall - the day I went into labor with my son. In my excitement I set them down somewhere and lost them forever.

Never got another pair, just need reading glasses now.

I think most kids eventually learn to take care of their glasses.

I never had a second chance.

[Mandalorian]

Get contact lenses for the kid ASAP. I think I started wearing them at age 10 or 11 and have never looked back. Much more convenient than glasses for sports and activities.

[Kibbiekat]

Originally Posted by Mandalorian

Get contact lenses for the kid ASAP. I think I started wearing them at age 10 or 11 and have never looked back. Much more convenient than glasses for sports and activities.

The OP's child is 6. That's a little young for contacts.

[Aggiebuttercup]

My son started wearing glasses at age 15 months. He's 5 now. I made sure to shop at a store that offered a one-year warranty on frames (here, it is Texas State Optical). They knew us by name because we were in every other week to get the lens put back in, the arm screwed back on, etc. We go through 2 pairs a year.

Every instance of the glasses being broken were either a) an accident, he's an active kid or b) another child broke them at day care (I instructed day care to tell his parents that they would pay for the next pair their kid broke).

My child gets an immediate time out if he leaves his glasses on the floor or the couch. He gets an immediate punishment if he throws them. Take care of your glasses or get in trouble. It helps that he has me for an example of how to properly care for them.

[glass_of_merlot]

My son has had glasses for 2 years now and we have never replaced them due to breakage. We bought the flex-frame kind. Good for kids who are careless with their things.