I, on the other hand, was immediately transported back to my 3-year-old self on the playground with thick unattractive brown glasses with a black strap that affixed them to my head. But my 7-year ...

When it was time for 3-year-old Hendrick to get a new pair of prescription glasses, he had one request: that they be in his favorite color, purple. His old pair was dark blue, and his mom, Erin ...

Lyle, 4, has his purple glasses despite an optician's repeated attempts to steer him away from what she said were "girls' colours." (Kate Austin) Fashion sense: 1. Gender stereotypes: 0.