Share your top tips on getting your child to wear their specs with Specsavers: you could win a £250 voucher NOW CLOSED

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The team at Specsavers know all about fitting specs and getting the correct prescription but would love to know from parents how you go about ensuring your child wears their specs when they need to.

They say "At Specsavers we have great deals on glasses for kids: all in our kids’ £64 and teens’ £85 ranges are free with under-16s’ NHS funding. And now, Specsavers will give you a second pair from the £64 or £85 range, free. Both pairs can come with SuperTough Trivex® single vision lenses with a scratch-resistant treatment. Or you can choose to have tinted prescription lenses and UV filter free in your second pair. We also have a fantastic range of children’s glasses to choose from, with fun designs including Moshi Monsters, Disney Princess, Star Wars, LEGO®, The Simpsons and many more.".

So, whether you have a spec wearing toddler, teen or any age in between please share on this thread your tips to ensure the glasses are on their noses when they should be!

Share your thoughts and everyone who does will be entered into a prize draw where one MNer will win a £250 voucher from here

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Thanks and good luck
MNHQ

I was quite lucky when my DS started wearing them as he loved Harry Potter - so I paid out for a Harry Potter branded pair. Now though it is a daily battle, although he has realised that there are some things at school he can't do without them on.

When my little one had to wear glasses, I turned wearing glasses into a sort of reward system. A drew up a chart with sections for each hour. For every hour that my child worn the glasses for, a tick was given, then at the end of the day a reward was given. A bigger reward was given at the end of the week. Another tip is get a nice coloured frame which your child likes. That also helps.

Tell them if they don't, their eyes will become so weak they'll have to have a wooden eye like the pirate from pirates in the caribbean

i've always told my children that i had to wear glasses at 9 as i read in bad light and for too long. They have always made sure they don't do that but now my son has reached 13 and has to wear them he knows if he doesn;t then his eyes will get worse and will need thick lenses like mine which he does not want

My 9 year old wears glasses and has to wear them all the time. I've always let him choose his own frames as he's the one who needs to feel comfortable with them not me. I've always told him how wonderful he looks when he wears them and he really does suit glasses but I suspect it might help that he's a huge Harry Potter fan too. It's more difficult to get him to keep them clean, they always have finger prints on them which would drive me crazy but doesn't seem to bother him. He also has a habit of wearing them wonky too and I'm always asking him to straighten them but I guess the main thing is that he's wearing them and it hasn't become a battle ground.

Let them pick their favourite colour

I let my DD chose her own frames. She always seems to go for the most expensive, but at least if she's chosen frames she likes, she will wear them.

I wear glasses, so it wasn't anything unusual for my kids to wear them, plus with loads of celebs wearing them now as well, it's more normal than not to wear glasses, esp if you let them choose a pair they like as well

I wear specs and as a kid hated them. They were those old pink or blue NHS freebies and I got teased rotten. I'd definitely have been happier had I been able to choose frames myself so they suited better and I was personally invested in the style.

I always give compliments and reassure them

My tip is choose a pair in a fun colour, and get one of the straps round the back of their head to keep the glasses on their face instead of the floor.

My tip is choose a pair in a fun colour, and get one of the straps round the back of their head to keep the glasses on their face instead of the floor.

We usually give my child a treat at the end of the week if he has worn his glasses with no grumbles.

When my daughter was younger she had to wear glasses for a while. When at school, I used to tell her teacher so that she was aware and would remind her. Also, we had a communication book so the teacher would give her stickers for wearing glasses. When she got to a certain number of stickers, she would get a treat.

My children aged 14, 11 and 9 need glasses for classwork. The only tip I have is to let them choose their own glasses with the help of the shop assistant so that they like them enough to wear them and to remind them that if they don't wear their glasses then they will get headaches from the eye strain. The thought of getting another headache is usually enough to make them wear their glasses without being reminded!

let them choose their glasses - hopefully they will be more willing to wear them :)

Lead by example!

My daughter loves to wear her glasses and she is in year 8. She thinks they are cool, but I suppose this helps by the fact I wear glasses and she thinks I am pretty cool too!

It could be something as simple as getting someone they respect to admire them in their specs.

My daughter was only 23 months old when she started wearing glasses and I was dreading her pulling them off but as she has very little vision without them we never had a problem. My tip would be when choosing glasses, try and visit the opticians at a time when its quiet so you can take your time choosing exactly the right pair. The assistants in our opticians are very knowledgeable and spend ages with my little girl making sure she likes her glasses and they are the right fit for her face etc.

Thanks for all the tips!
Am pleased to say ngonizashe has been selected as the winner of the £250 voucher! Well done.

I find that my son will wear them willingly because his dad does, and he idolises him!

I found that just the improvement in his sight made my son want to wear his as the world was finally crisp and sharp again, but I also let him choose the frames he wanted as extra encouragement and made sure he felt good wearing them when he first started so there was no self-conscious issues.

i let my little boy choose his own glasses which he loves starwars ones. he had to wear a patch before, so if he is not wearing them, i simply say, you will have to wear a patch again if you dont wear them and he puts them straight on.

I wear glasses and so it is normal in our house, Specsavers staff are brilliant at putting children at ease and making it fun choosing the frames so no problems here