My 9 year-old has 20/40 vision (and has for the last year and half). He has singnificant trouble seeing the board or watching t.v. or movies. For him, this truly is a significant vision deficit, and he greatly benefits from wearing his glasses.
Today, his soccer coaches came over to tell me he was trouble seeing their hand signals from any further than 10 yards away. Though I am suprised by this, I will look into getting him presciption sports goggles.
For me, the fact that his visual impairment is minor does not matter; if he has trouble, than we do what we can to remedy it. That's all there is to it.
ETA: My son takes his glasses off for reading or close work. He doesn't need them for close work and he says he's more comfortable without them. We haven't had any trouble with him losing them. The nice guy who runs the optical shop we go to for glasses has a catch phrase that seemed to click with Jack: "On your face. Or in the case. No other place." He's been pretty good about following that rule.
Last edited by lmintzer; 04-24-2010 at 07:21 PM.
Lisa
Mama to Jack (4/20/01)
and Joshua (11/16/03)