I have recently come across some pretty shocking figures when it comes to how children that wear glasses feel. There are so many children that find it hard to see why they are being picked on for this reason and do not wish to wear their glasses because they feel uncomfortable?
Although everyone with glasses is not smart, not by any means at all in fact, it would seem that bullies tend to target the really clever ones. This is on the whole anyway. Many children feel threatened by the clever students which is of course why they attempt to bully them in the first place. The reason that so many children find it hard to fight back is because the bully pushes at the confidence level.
Important figures
• 20% if children have seen classmates actually skip one or more day of school because of bullying they received when it came to glasses.
1/4 of all children are upset about their glasses because they have to wear them to school
Just over half of all children do not wear the glasses when they are meant to
• 50% of children that wear glasses are called names.
Some of these figures are crazy, they make you realise how big the problem is. If your child is being bullied because of their glasses you should first ask them to tell the bullies to stop it. If this doesn’t work tell them to stand up for themselves. Most bullies are not smart at all, use this. If none of this is working for you then make sure you go into the school and speak to the head, this will certainly make a difference.
So when you think glasses don’t always think cool police glasses and aviator glasses, think about the normal people that wear cheap glasses.
