Child Myopia. This is one that gets Jake upset on a regular basis. Children (in most cases) don’t need glasses! What they need is educated parents who understand eye strain, ciliary muscle spasm, the impact of lots of close-up reading time, of staring at smart phones and computer screens.
An ounce of prevention, as they say. Read carefully through this section for lots of tips about preventing and reversing child myopia, find parents who had success banishing their child’s myopia, get hope an motivation to keep your own children’s eyes healthy!
Heather: 4 Children, Zero Glasses
Keep them away from our kids.
Aqeel: They Said My Son Needs Glasses For Life!
But maybe the actual truth just doesn't make money.
Child Myopia: From Atropine To Glasses Free
We owe our children better answers than retail optometry provides.
-1.50 Diopter Genetic Myopia, Now 20/20
Hello there, darling eyeball investigator friend. Let me preface this short parent-with-myopic-child update with .... it's been a decade. You know? A decade of endmyopia. Old McGrumplestiltskin going on about the same exact topic of myopia control. It's actually been much closer to two decades if you count the self experiments, the reading of Bates books, the trying of eye acupuncture in Nepal, the reading of vision biology and chasing down peer reviewed science and clinical studies. Twenty years [...]
Parents: Get An Eye Chart!
Learn the basics of eyesight. It's worth it.
Myopia Control & Child Close-Up Time: TV or Legos? | Endmyopia Q&A
Set good examples, encourage good close-up habits early on.