Glasses in US growing...

[Milz]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Denise R" <gypsycaine at y...> wrote:
> There's a nice article on the middle-section of the Beacon Journal 
(Akron)
> that talks about the rise in acceptance of kids and glasses.  They 
credit
> this to Harry Potter, Chuckie (Rugrats), and Arthur (PBS), as well 
as other
> prominent glasses'ed folks on TV in kids-television.
> 
> I'm going to type up the article and post it here, since, unlike the 
Rep
> (other local paper), you can't just link to the articles--it's 
particular!
> 
> :)
> 
> I found it nice. Of course, I have glases, and was one of the teased 
kids in
> school! (4-eyes....etc)
> 
> Dee
> 

I wear glasses too. But I didn't get them until I was in high school, 
and then I only used them to see the blackboard. Sigh....now the 
glasses are almost a permanent fixture on me. If only laser eye 
surgery for correcting vision was around when I was younger.... I'm 
too chicken to get it done now.

:-)Milz