Glasses for 5 year-old twins?

We have 5 year-old identical twins who will turn 6 next month.

The optometrist checked them 3 years ago and said they needed glasses, but a second opinion from 2 child opthamologists said they could do without glasses.

They were just checked again by the same optometrist who said they are both far-sighted with a weaker right eye and wrote a prescription for something in the range of -1.75.

I noticed that they could both read the tiniest paragraph on the cardboard *** as well as identify the smallest pictures, so they can obviously compensate (one of the benefits of being so young) and that the glasses would mostly be to relieve the strain. Not having glasses would not harm their eyes.

I'm a bit reluctant to have them start wearing glasses and will probably get a second opinion again.

What's the general consensus re: fitting them with corrective eyewear at this age when they can obviously compensate and don't seem to complain of headaches, sore eyes etc? They will be starting grade 1 soon, but I don't imagine that they'll have too much difficulty seeing the board since they are far-sighted.

Do optometrists look at this situation differently than opthomologists?

Thanks in advance.
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