# Why don't kids wear sunglasses? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 16, 2007, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-kids-wear-sunglasses/426680 "2007-11-16T13:57:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2007, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-kids-wear-sunglasses/426680/21 "2007-11-16T17:35:02Z")
I have red hair and brown eyes and I am always wearing sunglasses if I am going to be anyplace near sunlight. I wear them on the train, when I am walking from place to place, etc. When I lived someplace that I needed a car I wore them to drive. Macular degeneration runs in my family so I take extra care of my eyes to prevent having to go through that when I get older. ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2007, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-kids-wear-sunglasses/426680/22 "2007-11-16T19:00:29Z")
How did people fare before sunglasses? IIRC, kids wore wide brimmed hats just as often as adults. And some people just squint and get the [wrinkled face](http://i1.trekearth.com/photos/10514/picture-139-1w.jpg)that goes with it. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2007, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-kids-wear-sunglasses/426680/23 "2007-11-16T19:15:39Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] This always puzzled me. I have been wearing the same pair\* of sunglasses since **1976** , fer crying out loud! How hard is it to take care of them? [/QUOTE] I’m an adult and I lose them every year\*. Chiefly because I don’t like sunglasses. I don’t like one bit that they hide the eyes. I only wear them in the car, in winter (when the sun is low) but in the summer they wander off and get lost. \*Not so much anymore, since I installed a clip-thing on my visor to put them in. Only took me 14 years of driving to figure that one out. ---
**Author:** ![butler1850](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@butler1850](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butler1850)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-kids-wear-sunglasses/426680/24 "2007-11-19T15:30:18Z")
[QUOTE=FourPaws] As far as being to pricey and losing them? I don’t think so. I buy mine by the dozen. [http://www.olympiceyewear.com/product\_info.php/manufacturers\_id/10/products\_id/320&XL03](http://www.olympiceyewear.com/product_info.php/manufacturers_id/10/products_id/320&XL03) $25.00/doz plus shipping, etc. Generally equals about $40.00 per dozen delivered. That’s about $3.33 per pair. I literally go through a dozen a year. [/QUOTE] THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, for this link!!! 😃 I’m in the same boat, and basically buy those same types of glasses from gas stations/convienence stores etc… and at $15 (polarized ones) or so a pair, it adds up fast. Now I’ll just buy a dozen, and keep sets all over the place! I can’t believe I never thought to look for them in bulk before. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Who\_me\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@Who\_me\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Who_me_1)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-kids-wear-sunglasses/426680/25 "2007-11-19T16:24:38Z")
I don’t know about kids, but I don’t wear sunglasses either. ---
**Author:** ![LVgeogeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b19c9b/32.png) [@LVgeogeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVgeogeek)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-kids-wear-sunglasses/426680/26 "2007-11-19T18:39:24Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] Are their eyes less sensitive to light? Or is it just because kids are too rambunctious to keep track of them? I didn’t start wearing them till I started wearing (hard) contacts, which made my eyes significantly less tolerant of brightness and squinting. When do people start wearing shades and why? [/QUOTE] I started wearing sunglasses when I was about 5 or so. I would get a pair every summer from K-mart when I was a kid. Ever since high school I have been wearing Ray Bans, I am on my 4th or 5th pair in about 14 years or so. Mostly due to changing tastes in styles and one pair 9my favorite pair ever) met a tragic end by being crushed by a work truck tailgate. I still have my old sunglasses, I keep them for back-up in case I leave my sunglasses at work or something. I wear my sunglasses every day, even when it is cloudy. I do have extremely light sensitive eyes [light green]. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2007, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-kids-wear-sunglasses/426680/27 "2007-11-19T20:52:25Z")
My daughter wears glasses, and her glasses have Transition lenses, so they turn to sunglasses when she’s in the sun. I love my Transition lenses…Ivylad has them too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-kids-wear-sunglasses/426680.md?page=1)