Tips to Protect Little Eyes From the Computer Screen

LTV News from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada reports:

As we head towards March Break - the week when our kids are constantly looking for things to do - it is important to note that the average North American child now spends one to three hours per day with his or her eyes on a computer screen. As a result, many leading pediatric eye doctors believe that the startling increase of nearsightedness (myopia) in children worldwide is a direct consequence of avid computer use.

"In fact, children using computers before their visual systems are fully developed are at the very heart of the public health problem called 'computer vision syndrome'," says Bijan Minbashion, vice president of operations for Hakim Optical, a national leader in retail eye care. "A study at the University of California reports that 25% to 30% of computer-using children need corrective eyewear to work with the equipment comfortably and safely - and similar studies in Asia report that first-graders with myopia has increased from 12.1% to 20.4% since 1995. In the last three years, myopia is reported to have doubled to 34% in seven- to nine-year-olds."

To guard against early damage to your child's eyes, consider these Hakim Optical tips: (click here to read about the children optical tips & safeguards)...