Dd is 10 and has been wearing glasses for about 2 yrs. Until recently she's liked them, chooses a different pair each time her prescription changes and generally hasn't had any problems.
I've just found out that since going back to school in Sept she's hardly worn them in school. She keeps telling me she's left them at school, so I keep reminding her to put them on when she gets there but apparently she hasn't.
When I spoke to her about it she got upset and said she just doesn't like wearing them anymore, and she doesn't like the way she looks in them. No-ones teased her, she likes the actual glasses but just doesn't like how she looks in them.
I've mentioned it to the teacher, and told her she can get some different ones but she doesn't want to. She really needs to wear them for close work so I need to persuade her to wear them. We've talked about famous people who wear glasses, and I'm going to start wearing my own more (should do anyway so that will hopefully help)
Any other ideas? She's become so self-conscious recently, and I don't want to make that worse so I need to be sensitive about it rather than go in all-guns-blazing.
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bigfatgypsy · 01/10/2011 08:59
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