Should my brother get contacts in the 5th or 6th grade?!
Question: This all depends on how responsible your brother is. I had a few friends that had contacts in elementary school. Most of them started wearing them around sixth grade. The youngest one got them in the middle of her fourth grade year. She was very responsible with them. Her parents watched her care for the lenses for the first month after getting them to make sure she did as the doctor instructed. If she had not taken proper care of the lenses her parents would have taken them away and waited until she was older.
She played several sports and the contacts were safer than using her glasses.
Answers: This all depends on how responsible your brother is. I had a few friends that had contacts in elementary school. Most of them started wearing them around sixth grade. The youngest one got them in the middle of her fourth grade year. She was very responsible with them. Her parents watched her care for the lenses for the first month after getting them to make sure she did as the doctor instructed. If she had not taken proper care of the lenses her parents would have taken them away and waited until she was older.
She played several sports and the contacts were safer than using her glasses.
No, unless his eyesight is really bad and he plays sport.
No unless he plays rugby!
in the 6th
If he's in sports it may be a good idea.
If the parents are willing to take on the responsibility of caring for the lenses, even younger than that is safe.
However, if the child is going to be doing it himself, it goes not by age but readiness/responsibility.
My sixteen-year-old son had contacts for football but I needed to take them away because he was not compliant with his care regimen and was putting the health of his eyes at risk.
If he goes out for football again, he will get to use the contacts during practice and games but I will take care of them and keep them the rest of the time.
not unless he plays sports
yeah! deff!
it all depends on how responsible he is, and it also depends what his optometrist says.
If he can prove that he's responsible and care for them properly, then it's a good idea.