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My DD is farsighted and has been wearing glasses for about 9 months. She has gone through 4 pair in that time. Broken, stepped on, scratched (she put sand on them and smeared them around), and broken (she grabbed the two earpieces and pulled apart).
I think in general she prefers not to wear them, but I don't think she is malicious about breaking, just impulsive, e.g. "hey, I'm not doing anything special right now, what will happen if..."
We want her to wear them because of the help it will be in her pre-k work and in seeing people's faces up close. She goes to preschool 3 days a week when we're not present to monitor. So what's best, get an insurance policy and keep making trips to the optometrist? Get a whole bunch of cheap pairs and have them hanging around? She is also a very active outdoor player - what kind of strap might be helpful? Or things to help her be more responsible?
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My son is farsighted and has worn glasses since age 4. I had a lot of trouble with broken glasses also, in large part because he's autistic and very active. 8dollarglasses.com is a good place to stock up on cheap pairs, and their quality isn't that bad. I like to get him the flexible frames since they grip his head much better without feeling too tight and they stay on when he's bouncing around.
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Our ds starting wearing glasses at 18 months old. We knew he needed glasses before coming home, so when our daughter asked us to purchase a pair of sunglasses we told her no. Instead of putting them back she dropped them into our shopping cart. When we realized this we were at the checkout paying for everything. Since they were just a cheap $3 pair of sunglasses we went ahead and purchased them. It ended up being the best purchase we ever made. We had him wear the sunglasses for 2 weeks all day long (until we recieved his regular glasses)(even in the house or at night). He loved the sunglasses and thought he was so cool. After we got his glasses he was so used to wearing the sunglasses he's never bothered his expensive glasses. He will even remind me everytime he's not wearing them to put them on.
During the 2 weeks everytime he would try to take the glasses off we would pull his hands back done and tell him not to touch. I just got glasses about 2 years ago, and I understand completely why they don't want to wear them. They feel really weird on your nose, and everything looks different. As a parent you might think they should want to wear them to see better, but sight change is hard to adjust to when your use to seeing things a certian way.
I would try the sunglasses for 2 weeks and see how she does, and if that doesn't work you might just have to be patient and a little forceful. Good Luck in whatever you decide to do!