Homeschoolers aren't immune to the struggling economy. In fact, most homeschooling families have just one income, meaning cutting back on expenses and making ends meet can be all the more challenging.
While cutting back on clothing, dining, and energy consumption can usually be managed, cutting back on prescription eye wear cannot. For mom and dad, who drive and/or work, sacrificing proper eyesight isn't an option. For the kids who hope to succeed academically... proper eye sight, free of squinting and headaches is essential.
Kids go through glasses almost as quickly as they do shoes. If your kids are like my son, they need a new pair of lenses every 12 months, and their frames are lucky if they survive as long. Do you remember my post about fixing my son's titanium frames a twice in just a few months time? The cost was $35 a pop and we were lucky to have found a jeweler able to weld titanium... most cannot! Well... we thought this was luck, when actually we could have replaced his glasses, frames and lenses combined for the price we paid for a weld.
Our son is currently on his second pair of cheap eyeglasses from Zenni Optical. Cheap yet attractive and durable! We've not yet had a pair of Zenni glasses break on our active 10 year old... knock on wood! If it happens, we can replace the entire pair for $43... shipping included. That's what we paid for his last pair of glasses, but they offer pairs just as nice for even less money! A friend of mine paid $80 for two pairs of eyeglasses over the Summer... one pair for her and a second for her son. They are fashionable and look great! No one would know they were discount frames! Like my son's they even have polycarbonate lenses, and were ordered with the anti-glare finish.
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