You’ll put your eye out, kid!
Many schools discourage or do not allow students to wear sunglasses. Administrators have voiced a variety of negative opinions, such as “they might break,” “they might cause an injury,” “kids will lose them.” Yet, many children with vision impairment routinely wear their corrective lenses on the playground so it is difficult to fully justify these reservations. With a health benefit attributable to wearing sunglasses, is it in children’s best interest to prohibit them?