Our son is so nearsighted that when he was playing baseball in LL he told us this kid is a candidate for Lasik surgery when he gets old enough. The doctor told him he could have contacts if he could put them in himself. 45 minutes later he finally got them in. It took him several years to do it himself but mom was always there to do it for him. If he is 3 feet from the TV without his glasses he couldn't tell you which team was winning.