{"id":2449,"date":"2011-09-27T18:25:21","date_gmt":"2011-09-27T23:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/drcathiedunal.com\/blog\/?p=2449"},"modified":"2011-09-27T21:49:00","modified_gmt":"2011-09-28T02:49:00","slug":"kids-who-wear-glasses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/drcathiedunal.com\/articles\/2011\/kids-who-wear-glasses\/","title":{"rendered":"Kids and Glasses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2451\" title=\"glasses\" src=\"http:\/\/drcathiedunal.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/glasses-e1317166082396.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"148\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/drcathiedunal.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/glasses-e1317166082396.gif 247w, http:\/\/drcathiedunal.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/glasses-e1317166082396-75x75.gif 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 148px) 100vw, 148px\" \/>From ScienceDaily:<\/em> Young children tend to think that other kids with glasses look smarter than kids who don\u2019t wear glasses, according to a new study.<\/p>\n<p>Children between the ages of 6 and 10 who were surveyed for the study also thought that kids wearing glasses looked more honest than children who don\u2019t wear glasses.<\/p>\n<p>Otherwise, the survey suggested that children don\u2019t tend to judge the attractiveness of their peers who wear glasses when asked about their appearance, potential as a playmate or likely athletic abilities.<\/p>\n<p>The findings might give children some comfort when they are fitted with their first pair of eyeglasses, said lead study author Jeffrey Walline, assistant professor of optometry at Ohio State University.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the impression of looking smarter will appeal to a child, I would use that information and tell the child it is based on research,\u201d Walline said. \u201cMost kids getting glasses for the first time are sensitive about how they\u2019re going to look. Some kids simply refuse to wear glasses because they think they\u2019ll look ugly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Walline surveyed children in this age range because they are more likely to be prescribed eyeglasses than contact lenses.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"sciencedaily.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2008\/05\/080512105708.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From ScienceDaily: Young children tend to think that other kids with glasses look smarter than kids who don\u2019t wear glasses, according to a new study. Children between the ages of 6 and 10 who were surveyed for the study also thought that kids wearing glasses looked more honest than children who don\u2019t wear glasses. Otherwise, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[49,304,117],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/drcathiedunal.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2449"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/drcathiedunal.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/drcathiedunal.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/drcathiedunal.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/drcathiedunal.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2449"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"http:\/\/drcathiedunal.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2467,"href":"http:\/\/drcathiedunal.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2449\/revisions\/2467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/drcathiedunal.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/drcathiedunal.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/drcathiedunal.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}