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Get your kid's eyes checked before school starts

For Parents

Children's eyes are constantly developing, and their vision can change drastically in just a few months. It's important to schedule an annual eye exam to ensure your child is seeing clearly, especially just before school starts!

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7x why to wear sunnies

For parents

What is not talked about enough is the harmful effect of not wearing sunglasses in childhood. The same UV radiation that sunscreen protects against can damage the eyes of children. Properly protecting a child from the sun can be a bit of a hassle, with the need for hats, caps, sunscreen, and glasses. Yet, it is essential. Here are seven reasons why.

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Lectura y ojos sanos

¡Leer es maravilloso para los niños! Mejora las habilidades lingüísticas, estimula la creatividad y la imaginación, y fomenta el pensamiento crítico. Y, por supuesto, ¡es simplemente muy divertido! No hay nada mejor que desaparecer en otro mundo con un libro emocionante, divertido o lleno de aventuras.

Sin embargo, pasar largos periodos leyendo de cerca también puede contribuir a la miopía (vista corta).

Back to school with... new glasses!

For parents

A new pencil case, a cool backpack, a hip lunch box and hard-inflated bicycle tires. Your child will soon be ready for school! But are the glasses still up-to-date? Have a professional eye test done!

With these four tips, your child will start the school year with happy eyes!

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Sun protection

for parents

Thanks to the many awareness campaigns and information from both skin specialists and women's magazines, we now apply sunscreen to ourselves and our offspring. But although a burned toddler's back guarantees a huge parental guilt, the same toddler is safely transported on the bike without sunglasses. Squeezing against the bright sun rays, but with a protected nose.

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Perfect sunnies

for kids

Did you know UV radiation is more harmful to children's eyes than to adults eyes? Your iris contains less pigment and your pupil is larger. Babies even have a transparent lens and this allows 90% of UVA and 50% of UVB rays to penetrate to the retina. The body's own protection develops over the years and only after the age of 25 are some of these rays absorbed by the retina! 

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How to prevent (further) myopia

For parents

Myopia is the same as nearsightedness, you cannot see well into the distance and you need glasses with a minimum strength. The number of children with myopia has grown faster in recent years. An increase has already been visible since the 1950s, but since the 1990s the number of children with myopia has grown even faster. 

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What is myopia?

For children

Myopia is the same as nearsightedness; you need glasses with a minus strength. Whether you develop myopia can be hereditary: you are more likely to develop myopia if it runs in your family. But your behavior can also mean that you need glasses more quickly. For example, it has been proven that if you look a lot up close, you are more likely to develop myopia. You can look closely for long periods of time when you read or look at your phone, computer screen or tablet.

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¿Qué gafas son adecuadas para ti?

Propina

Lo más importante a la hora de elegir una nueva montura es, por supuesto, que te queden perfectas y que te gusten. Si es así, te sientes seguro y feliz de usarla.

Todo sobre el color de ojos

¿Sabías?

¿Nuestro motivo de alegría tendrá ojos azules, verdes, grises o marrones? Cuando tus padres te esperaban, les encantaba especular sobre el color de tus ojos. ¿Tendrá los ojos oscuros de mamá o los azules brillantes de papá? Esta pregunta es en realidad mucho más difícil de responder de lo que se pensaba anteriormente.

4 consejos para ojos sanos

Para padres

Los niños están protegidos con cascos de bicicleta, cremas solares, rodilleras, puertas para escaleras y vasos para beber sin BPA. Algunas personas dicen que los padres de hoy son demasiado protectores, mientras que otros argumentan que deberíamos emplear todo el conocimiento y la tecnología disponibles para proteger a nuestros pequeños tanto como podamos.

¿Cómo identificar los defectos visuales en los niños?

Señales

Los cambios en una visión deficiente de los niños no siempre son evidentes de inmediato. Sin embargo, hay una serie de signos que indican que un niño puede tener problemas de visión.