Do you have any advice for parents of young kids with eyeglasses?

My 8 year old son was recently given a prescription for eyeglasses because he is moderately nearsighted. We picked up his new glasses today and are trying to figure out the best way to help him be responsible so they don’t get left at school, lost, or broken.

I told him the glasses need to be either on his face or in the case, no exceptions. He said other kids at school with glasses will keep a case in their desks so their glasses are safe during gym or recess. My concern is he’ll forget to bring them home.

Also, he plays basketball. What is the best way to keep him and his glasses safe while playing a sport like that?

Does anyone have any other tips or experience to share? He’s a pretty physically active little boy and as responsible as you can reasonably expect from a boy his age. In other words, he sometimes forgets things!

fyi We did purchase insurance for the glasses so we pay very little to replace them as many times as he breaks them over the next year. However, I don’t want to put up with the hassle of that AND I’d prefer to not have him think the glasses are easy to replace (in other words, practically disposable).