• Global Self-Worth Scale from the Self-Perception Profile for Children [ Time Frame: 3 years ]
  

• Five other scales from the Self-Perception Profile for Children [ Time Frame: 3 years ]
  
• Change in cycloplegic autorefraction [ Time Frame: 3 years ]
  
• Change in axial length, measured by A-scan ultrasound [ Time Frame: 3 years ]
  
• Change in corneal curvature, measured by Grand Seiko WR-5100K autokeratometer [ Time Frame: 3 years ]
  
• Change in Overall score from the Pediatric Refractive Error Profile [ Time Frame: 3 years ]
  

Eight to eleven year old children will be randomly assigned to wear spectacles or soft contact lenses. The children's self-perceptions will be measured at baseline and every six months. We will compare the change in self-perception between spectacle and soft contact lens wearers over three years. We will also examine the affect of how much children initially like or dislike to wear glasses on the change in self-perception over three years.

Inclusion Criteria:

• 1.00 to 6.00 D spherical component myopia, based on cycloplegic autorefraction
• 1.00 DC or less astigmatism, based on cycloplegic autorefraction
• 20/20 or better best-corrected visual acuity in each eye
• Global stereoacuity of 250 seconds of arc or better based on Randot stereoacuity

Exclusion Criteria:

• Contact lens wear within the past month
• Ocular health problems that could affect vision, eye development, or contact lens wear
• Systemic health problems that could affect understanding of surveys or contact lens wear
• Participation in other eye or vision studies that prescribed a treatment