5 Ways to Encourage Your Kids to Wear Glasses

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Finding the correct and comfortable eyeglass frames for your kid might be the least of your problems if they won’t even try to wear it. Unlike shirts and pants, glasses are very imposing and need a lot of getting used to being literally right in front of your face. But instead of nagging them to keep on wearing their glasses or else they’ll go blind, encourage them instead so that they’d want to wear glasses on their own accord.

Make Them Choose Their Own Frames

Not only does your kid get to choose actual eyeglass frames he wants to wear, you are also letting him exercise his independence. In letting him choose on his own, and letting him reason out the decision for himself, he will be more likely to wear his glasses to compound on this independence.

Remind But Don’t Nag

There will be instances where you see your kid not wearing their glasses—do not rage on them. They might have forgotten without intention or tried to not put them on but either way, nagging won’t help. Instead, quip them with subtle reminders in the form of a question like “hey, you’re not wearing your glasses today?” This will encourage them to either reason out why (again, in exercise of their independence), or remind them to actively want to wear glasses again.

Check Up On Them

Especially in the first few days or weeks of wearing a new pair of eyewear, make sure to ask them if it’s comfortable or does wearing glasses hurt. It isn’t uncommon for new eyeglasses frame to chafe around your kid’s ear or sideburns. Not paying attention to these details may discourage your kid from wearing glasses altogether.



Wearing prescription eyewear isn’t just a matter of fashion; it’s more a choice on wellness than any other. Next time, we’ll look at some more creative way on how to help your kids choose to wear their glasses through by making it fun and rewarding.