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Fun Home Activities to Improve your Child’s Vision

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  COVID pandemic has changed the life of children the most. When a child's development needs outdoor experience & activities, more than two years in succession, they are confined indoors within four walls. On top of it, they are strapped to the computer or mobile screens for their education. Ideally, children are advised to avoid  screen time during infancy  and later during childhood to restrict it to less than an hour. On the contrary, the current situation demands them to stay in front of the screen for their entire school hours. It causes severe eye strain due to light emitted by the screen and body muscle strain, and weakness due to bad posture and sedentary lifestyle. Since this situation will take time to get normal, a constant question in every parent's mind is how to protect their child's eyes from this continuous strain. Additionally, how to compensate for the lack of physical activity! Like how we can make the children stay active indoors by playing games i...

Effective Eye Care Tips For Your Children | Our New Earth

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  There are two major risks of using electronic devices without precautions, especially in children and teenagers. They can cause dryness and eye strain, leading to the development of some permanent visual conditions in the future. Therefore, the following precautions are mandatory. Eye Care Tips For Children Hours on digital devices:  Allow usage of devices only when needed. Due to schools and universities offering e-learning, children have to spend long hours on computers and phones. Compensate this by reducing their use by not indulging in the video, phone, or computer games. Frequent breaks:  Allow your children to take frequent breaks during long hours of use of devices, if possible, for 5 minutes, after every 45 minutes. If that is not possible, apply the 20-20-20 rule. 20-20-20 rule:  Try and apply the 20-20-20 rule, looking at 20 feet for 20 seconds every 20 minutes. Children using glasses:  To ensure the safety of your child’s eyes, ensure that their gl...