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How to Get Your Child to Wear Glasses

latonia | 08 July, 2008 07:45

Sometimes it's difficult for children to understand why they have to wear glasses when most of their friends don't. Here's how to help keep those glasses where they belong ' on your child's face!

Step1
Do your best to help your child understand why she needs to wear glasses; even some toddlers can understand when you explain that the glasses will help them see better.
Step2
Let your child help to choose her own frames by offering a selection of frames within your price range. Children won't wear glasses they hate.
Step3
Avoid buying glasses for your child to grow into ' these will be uncomfortable, as well as less effective than glasses that fit properly.
Step4
Resort to bribery if necessary. Offer pretty stickers as an incentive to wear glasses, or as a reward for keeping them on for a certain amount of time.
Step5
Make it clear to your child that certain activities require glasses: If your toddler or preschooler brings you a book, insist that she put her glasses on before you read it.
Step6
Find some stories or picture books that show children wearing glasses or that deal with the issue of getting glasses.
Step7
Try to avoid conflicts and battles of will; if your toddler takes her glasses off after half an hour, wait for a while before putting them back on her.
Step8
Clean the lenses regularly ' your child is more likely to keep them on if she can actually see through them. Show her how to clean them herself if she's old enough.

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