How to protect your child's eyes

Are you surprised when I tell you that eye exams that your child goes to school and the pediatrician is not sufficient. All children should undergo a complete eye exam by an optometrist, especially at the preschool. When it's time to take care of your child's eyes and yours, you can not take too many precautions.

Vision develops during the growth of our children and when the eye and brain starts to work in teams. Because problems can occur at different ages, the complete eye examination is essential throughout childhood. Many vision problems are preventable when they are detected early. Early detection can avoid many years of struggle for children because the vision has a significant impact on student learning and social activities.

The vision is a very complex system and because the eyes are working together with the brain, vision is often linked to learning problems of children. A comprehensive eye exam can help when children have difficulties with the learning process. Some children who are misdiagnosed with a learning disability often have vision problems which, when detected, are often correctable.

Never take your child's vision for granted. As a parent, you can protect the eyes of your children in many ways during childhood.

· Protection UV. We finally learned over the years to protect the skin of our children and our own with the application of sunscreen against the harmful rays of the sun. We must learn to apply the same wisdom to us. The accumulation of damage caused by UV rays can lead to vision problems and diseases later in life. So take the trouble to wear sunglasses against UV rays to your child or a cap with the pallet forward ... to prevent damage.

· Remove out! Studies have shown that children who play outdoors have better vision, because the outside being encouraged to focus their eyes on objects near and far. Spend too much time looking at objects up close (computers, television, video consoles, etc..) Limits the development of vision.

· In the rest! Children often spend long periods of time to look at their computer, TV and video games. To avoid visual problems, teach your child 20-20-20 rule: every 20 minutes from work or play up close, it must take a rest of 20 seconds looking at something 20 feet away.