Why don't kids wear sunglasses?

[pbbth]

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.

[Maastricht]

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 facethat goes with it.

[Anaamika]

@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?

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.

[butler1850]

@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

$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.

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:

[Who_me_1]

I don’t know about kids, but I don’t wear sunglasses either.

[LVgeogeek]

@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?

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].

[ivylass]

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.