The short-sightedness management journal 147

Children Vision Habits That Protect Eyes During Homework and Device Use

A child’s eyes do a remarkable amount of work before dinner. They copy spelling words from a board across the room, shift focus to a workbook inches from the nose, read tiny print on a worksheet, glance at a tablet for math practice, and then relax with a game or video that may hold their gaze at a fixed distance for longer than any school assignment did. By bedtime, many children have spent hours in sustained near work, often without noticing that their eyes are tired u