Anonymous wrote:I vote no. My kids are 20/40 and 20/50 and I haven't. 7 and 8 yr old and doing fine in school.

They are doing fine. Could it be that they would be doing even better?

When my eyes were like that, I couldn't read the board, but truly believed no one else could. It was a real shocker to me when I learned what the world was supposed to look like. School did get easier. Too late to help me with my horrific eye-hand coordination.

My eye sight is 20/30 and I have never worn glasses (now in my 40's). I have had glasses before but the problem with them is that the only way I can wear them is to always wear them, otherwise they are uncomfortable and cause headaches.

Don't know my sons vision, but I'm sure it was worse. he and his opthalmologist made a deal. He gets good grades and he reads at home and no glasses until he goes for his learner's permit. I was surprised, but the opthalmologist said no harm so long as he performs ok in school. My son hated glasses for the few years he wore them. I'd check with the opthalmologist.

My DD can't see the board when at 20/30. Also she has a delayed reaction in catching a ball for sports, making her look and feel clumsy when her glasses prescription is no longer working.

To compensate, she goes up to the board after class to see what was written on it during class. Not ideal at all.

We get her checked every 9 months because her scrip changes quickly (she has an eye condition).

She loves it when her new scrip allows her to see at 20/20 for a while, until it no longer works.

Your kid will find ways to compensate if they can't see. But It is not ideal.

My vision is 20/40 and I can't see much without my glasses.

Please get your kids glasses before they start to feel clumsy on their sports teams and unable to see the board in class. (by the way, my dd always reported she could see the board. She could see that it was there, but she had no idea how clear it was supposed to be until her first glasses).

My vision's just a bit off from 20/20 and I wear glasses and have since the fourth grade. I needed them in school when I would have to transition from blackboard to book and back again. There was just enough of a strain that I'd get a terrible headache. The good thing is that I only wear them part of the day and my vision hasn't changed much over the years.

Your DC needs the glasses to see the board at school and will get headaches without them. he or she doesn't have to wear them all the time. I don't even see what the issue is here. if your DC would see better with glasses, why would you withhold that?

If you are asking, then she's probably struggling. Some people are more sensitive than others and you should let your daughter and her doctor decide. Reading a lot isn't so much the issue with that prescription. Reading a board, or locating a ball in space as it moves toward her nose -- maybe.

I remember how amazed I was when I got my first glasses at her age. Who knew that people were able to see every leaf on a tree? Not me.

Isn't this for you to decide together with an optometrist rather than on your own or with advice from strangers on an online forum?

Any good optometrist is going to be conservative because he or she knows that young kids lose and damage glasses so you're not going to be told "get them" just so the optometrist can make a few bucks. If the doctor says a child needs glasses, why not listen? Ask what the consequences of waiting would be -- would waiting only make the vision worse, when glasses might stablize it for a time?

Really, this is an issue for a professional.

Anonymous wrote:I vote no. My kids are 20/40 and 20/50 and I haven't. 7 and 8 yr old and doing fine in school.

Oh, and OP's case is very slight, but your kids need glasses.

If they strain their eyes, they will get worse. Just get them glasses for use in class, etc.

I vote no. My kids are 20/40 and 20/50 and I haven't. 7 and 8 yr old and doing fine in school.

for a 9-yo who reads a ton. tks!