How do you persuade your image conscious 5yo to wear glasses?

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I'm new here so not sure if this is the place to post this - but I have a dd (aged 5) has just
been told she has to wear glasses for distance
work and the optician suggests she wear them all
the time at school. She's convinced that (a) she looks silly and (b) the other children will laugh
at her. How would you deal with this?

dd wears them, started at a similar age. Tell her that the glasses will be designer! This is true btw and also free!

mine looks fab in hers.

And noone laughts at Harry Potter

Has she got them yet? Lots of compliments will help - prime all friends and relatives to do this.
Ask her to think of any friends who wear glasses (there are sure to be some) and whether she thinks they look silly.
When she has them, ask if she can see the telly better with them - then she might appreciate that they are needed!
My ds1 started wearing glasses about 6 months ago (he is just 4) - fortunately he is completely naive and oblivious that anyone might even think they look less than stunning! Helps that me and dh also both wear glasses so he thinks they are grown up.....

myy dd is 3.5 adn has just started wearing glasses.... we looked for all the cool people who wear glasses and pointed them out... santa, people on the tele etc I also pre warned her nursery and they did some positive prepping for me with other children.... and she has been fine.... not one child has commented or laughed and actually her little friends app want to borrow them!! My dds glasses are a very pale subtle pink and blend into her face really well.... we also had the glass thinned so they wouldnt look like jam jars!! we dealt with it as a bit of excitement and fun and ultimately she WILL see better and find life easier with them on!!

Two words: Harry Potter.

Dd1 got glasses just after her 5th birthday, and had the same fears. I had a word with the teacher beforehand so she could keep an eye on it, but there was never a real problem. Dd1 then had a year of eyepatching, which was more of a battle, as people do stare and lots of adults ask stupid questions. I think the fact that she could see much better with her glasses helped! You can also tell your dd that by Y6 lots of people in her class will be wearing glasses, and that she was the first. Also that glasses make you look clever.

We had the occasional instance of people calling her 'four-eyes'; according to dd1 the killer riposte to this is, "oh dear, you are immature, aren't you?"

four eyes. god things don't move on do they you'd think they could come up with something more original. ds1 is 4 and has worn glasses for a year. never had any problems. we wear glasses sometimes, contacts in day, he has just grown up with them and it doesn't bother him at all. just make a huge fuss of her and tell her how gorgeous she looks and let her pick her own frames perhaps? like frogs my ds1 was patched for 3 months and only the odd comment was heard, mainly asking me what was wrong with his eye had he had a terrible operation! I think towards the end ds1 was a bit self conscious but you just have to be strong and get on with it.

Thanks for those suggestions and reassurance - I had forgotten about Harry Potter - that's a
good one. The glasses arrive after Christmas
so I guess we'll just have to work at lots of
positive reassurance before that. She did cheer
up a little when she realised that it would be
easier to tell the time when she could actually
see the clock!

You could try to find some Anastasia books for her - Anastasia is a complete hoot.

I was shocked to discover on amazon.co.uk that they appear to be out of print over here and second-hand ones selling at a ridiculous premium. Your library might have them though. (Anastasia is 10 in the one I linked to but still a fab character!)

my dn needs to wear a patch and my ds took her to see santa who told her that he will bring her a extra pressie if she wears it all the time kids are so gullible

My ds has worn glasses since he was 4, he is now 5. He sees so much better that he didn't need much encouragement to wear them. (He probably couldn't see a thing before )

Friends and family knew he was getting them and they all said how smart and handsome he looked. He also got to chose the colour he wanted, within reason, (the optician and I steered him in the right direction ), so he was happy.

In fact he just got new frames as the old ones broke in school today.