If your children need to wear eyeglasses, polycarbonate lenses would be the best choice. The polycarbonate material was first developed by the aerospace industry and currently you can find polycarbonate in airplane windows, bulletproof windows and riot police shields.

For convenience and a wider filed of view, more and more people choose contact lenses instead of eyeglasses. The 2007 Contact Lenses in Pediatrics (CLIP) study showed that 169 teenagers and children age 8 to 12 who have worn contacts for three months felt more confident and performed activities better than before. During sports, they don’t have to worry about glasses’ getting knocked off or fogging up. Though contacts are getting more and more popular, there are still lots of things you should be aware.

Eye injuries happen more often when you don’t wear protective eyewear or safety glasses during sports and some activities. So it is necessary for children who are vulnerable to eye injuries to pay more attention to eye protection.

Myopia (also called nearsightedness) is very common among children. Usually, many children will experience progressive myopia as they grow. Currently, lots of eye doctors and researchers are studying myopia in order to find some strategies for solving this problem.

Infants are born with an undeveloped vision system and they will take several months to develop their vision fully. As a parent, you may want to know the development of your kid’s vision system at different ages.

Generally speaking, kids may not be interested in sunglasses as much as adults. However, children spend much more time than adults outdoors, so that protecting kids’ eyes from UV radiation is very important. Children under 18 are more vulnerable to UV rays. Because long period exposure to UV radiation is closely linked to cataracts and other eye problems, kids had better to wear good quality sunglasses outdoors, the sooner the better.

Children are born with an undeveloped visual system which may need stimulation during their growing years. There is nothing could do better than a toy in stimulating a child’s vision. Generally, newborns can see object only up close and toddlers are farsighted. Kids who have toys may suffer some accidents if they don’t play correctly with their toys. As a caring parent, you should make sure these toys for your child are safe enough and age appropriate.

Vision and learning can not be separated. Most information children get in school is always presented visually. Good vision is very important for children to perform well at school. When your child has difficulty in learning or seeing the blackboard, vision problems may exist. In this case, you should arrange an eye exam for your child make sure whether he needs eyeglasses or contact lenses.

Generally, children are vulnerable to eye injuries compared to adults because they spent more time playing outdoors. Ultraviolet (UV) rays and excessive sunlight bouncing off water and sand can lead to painful sunburn of the eyes in both children and adults. Wearing sunglasses during outdoor sports is essential, especially for children.

Vision therapy, which is also called visual therapy, vision training, visual training or ”VT”, is a vision program without surgery and held for certain customers under the doctor’s supervision, in order to correct vision problems and/or improve visual skills. Like other physical therapies, vision therapy trains the visual system to correct itself including eyes, the surrounding muscles of eyes and parts of the brain which control the vision. The goal of vision therapy is to treat vision problems which can’t be cured by eyeglasses, contact lenses and/or surgery alone.