8 year old boy - query
Sep 25th 2006 | 8:16 am
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Re: 8 year old boy - query
Originally Posted by AnyaT
I thought that contact lenses were not recommended for children and teenagers (at least the early teens) as the eye is still developing and shifting shape, so contacts could end up doing more harm than good?
However hygiene (lack of) would be much more concerning if I were considering fitting someone with contact lenses, as I said earlier you really can do some serious damage by not adhering to hygiene, care and wearing time instructions. :scared:
Sep 25th 2006 | 11:05 am
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Re: 8 year old boy - query
Originally Posted by Morwenna
Yeahbut ...... Superman wore those glasses as Kent to make himself look like a dorkynerdy person! 
And before you all jump down my thoat for being mean, I have worn glasses since the age of 10 myself, and couldn't do without them! Just that some glasses work better than others when it comes to looks!
edit: I have to say I hated my glasses with a loathing as a child, and my parents gave me contact lenses as a 16th B/day present (long-promised). I then wore contacts until my second child, when my eyes seemed too dry, and I got used to wearing specs again. I am now very comfortable in my specs, and only wear contacts for sports, performing on stage, and occasionally for social occasions!
And before you all jump down my thoat for being mean, I have worn glasses since the age of 10 myself, and couldn't do without them! Just that some glasses work better than others when it comes to looks!
edit: I have to say I hated my glasses with a loathing as a child, and my parents gave me contact lenses as a 16th B/day present (long-promised). I then wore contacts until my second child, when my eyes seemed too dry, and I got used to wearing specs again. I am now very comfortable in my specs, and only wear contacts for sports, performing on stage, and occasionally for social occasions!
Sep 25th 2006 | 11:20 am
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Re: 8 year old boy - query
Got it... Do what I would do.........
Bribe him... well thats what I would do with my kids... extra money each week for him to ware them...
Or when I have to be really mean... No pc for a week :scared: :scared:
Bribe him... well thats what I would do with my kids... extra money each week for him to ware them...
Or when I have to be really mean... No pc for a week :scared: :scared:
Sep 25th 2006 | 11:35 am
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Re: 8 year old boy - query
Originally Posted by Sutherlands
Got it... Do what I would do.........
Bribe him... well thats what I would do with my kids... extra money each week for him to ware them...
Or when I have to be really mean... No pc for a week :scared: :scared:
Bribe him... well thats what I would do with my kids... extra money each week for him to ware them...
Or when I have to be really mean... No pc for a week :scared: :scared:
Sep 28th 2006 | 11:17 am
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Re: 8 year old boy - query
Originally Posted by flipflop
being really nosey now morwenna,but what do you perform on stage?
My Canadian ventures are with a Sweet Adelines (Ladies Barbershop) chorus, called the Rhythm of the Rockies.
http://www.rhythmoftherockies.org/
Oooh just realised our photo is posted of the April 2006 contest .... guess which one's me!!!???????
I used to do light opera in the UK.
Sep 28th 2006 | 11:43 am
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Re: 8 year old boy - query
Originally Posted by carpenters
Certainly didn't detract from Dean Cain's looks when he was Superman - ooh yes please!
Ha - says me who had to wear NHS glasses from the age of 4!
The only thing that would probably help with the glasses would be if someone other than nearest and dearest tell him he looks 'older' and more 'interesting'........ as a child you never quite believe your parents and you know they will tell you anything to try to get you to do what they want........... or maybe I was just a very cynical child??????
Sep 28th 2006 | 12:36 pm
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Re: 8 year old boy - query
Originally Posted by Mrs Madmac
Ohhh Dean Cain............. yummy!! Glasses or no glasses.
Ha - says me who had to wear NHS glasses from the age of 4!
The only thing that would probably help with the glasses would be if someone other than nearest and dearest tell him he looks 'older' and more 'interesting'........ as a child you never quite believe your parents and you know they will tell you anything to try to get you to do what they want........... or maybe I was just a very cynical child??????
Ha - says me who had to wear NHS glasses from the age of 4!
The only thing that would probably help with the glasses would be if someone other than nearest and dearest tell him he looks 'older' and more 'interesting'........ as a child you never quite believe your parents and you know they will tell you anything to try to get you to do what they want........... or maybe I was just a very cynical child??????
Sep 28th 2006 | 12:39 pm
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Re: 8 year old boy - query
Originally Posted by Cowtown
No they still believe what you tell them at 8yrs old. By 10 they are more cynical.
PMSL - god my 4 year old daughter doesnt believe what we tell her!
Sep 28th 2006 | 1:44 pm
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Re: 8 year old boy - query
Originally Posted by willmore
PMSL - god my 4 year old daughter doesnt believe what we tell her!
Or did you get caught out in a big fib at some point. The thing is that if you generally tell them the truth (or at least an age appropriate version of it) they tend to believe you more often.
Sep 28th 2006 | 1:58 pm
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Re: 8 year old boy - query
Originally Posted by Cowtown
Well you are doing it incorrectly then dear!
Or did you get caught out in a big fib at some point. The thing is that if you generally tell them the truth (or at least an age appropriate version of it) they tend to believe you more often.
Or did you get caught out in a big fib at some point. The thing is that if you generally tell them the truth (or at least an age appropriate version of it) they tend to believe you more often.
No, she definitely has a mind of her own and nothing will change her mind....just like good old mom! If we told her the sky was blue, she would argue that it wasnt blue at all!
Sep 28th 2006 | 5:38 pm
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Re: 8 year old boy - query
Originally Posted by willmore
No, she definitely has a mind of her own and nothing will change her mind....just like good old mom! If we told her the sky was blue, she would argue that it wasnt blue at all!
Sep 28th 2006 | 9:18 pm
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Re: 8 year old boy - query
Originally Posted by Cowtown
Maybe she needs glasses!
I think she needs to as well behaved as your two boys are!
Sep 29th 2006 | 6:36 am
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Re: 8 year old boy - query
Originally Posted by Morwenna
Oh, this and that!
My Canadian ventures are with a Sweet Adelines (Ladies Barbershop) chorus, called the Rhythm of the Rockies.
http://www.rhythmoftherockies.org/
Oooh just realised our photo is posted of the April 2006 contest .... guess which one's me!!!???????
I used to do light opera in the UK.
My Canadian ventures are with a Sweet Adelines (Ladies Barbershop) chorus, called the Rhythm of the Rockies.
http://www.rhythmoftherockies.org/
Oooh just realised our photo is posted of the April 2006 contest .... guess which one's me!!!???????
I used to do light opera in the UK.
Sep 29th 2006 | 8:30 am
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Re: 8 year old boy - query
Originally Posted by willmore
I think she needs to as well behaved as your two boys are!
Sep 29th 2006 | 8:45 am
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Re: 8 year old boy - query
Originally Posted by Cowtown
Perhaps she does - my boys are angelic, smart and handsome.
Take after ann then do they?
Cant be the old man
who is very evasive about his years as a kid!
Last edited by willmore; Sep 29th 2006 at 9:47 am.
