Experience with the fitting of contact lenses on children, over a period of 8 years, is reported. The children ranged in age from 6 weeks to 14 years. The conditions for which the lenses were fitted were: Bilateral and unilateral aphakia (31 cases), anisometropia (16 cases) and high myopia (21 cases). The benefits of the contact lens as an optical and corneal device in infants and children is presented.