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7x why to wear sunnies
For parentsWhat 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.
Lecture et yeux en bonne santé
La lecture est merveilleuse pour les enfants – elle améliore les compétences linguistiques, stimule la créativité et l’imagination, et favorise la pensée critique. Et bien sûr, c’est tout simplement très amusant ! Il n’y a rien de mieux que de disparaître dans un autre monde grâce à son livre préféré – qu’il soit palpitant, drôle ou plein d’aventures.
Mais lire de près pendant de longues périodes peut aussi contribuer au développement de la myopie.
Pour que votre petit rat de bibliothèque garde des yeux en bonne santé, il est important de comprendre ce qu’est la myopie – et ce que l’on peut faire pour la prévenir.
Back to school with... new glasses!
For parentsA 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!
Sun protection
for parentsThanks 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.
Perfect sunnies
for kidsDid 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!
How to prevent (further) myopia
For parentsMyopia 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.
What is myopia?
For childrenMyopia 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.
Tout sur la couleur des yeux
Le saviez-vous?Notre tout-petit aura-t-il les yeux bleus, verts, gris ou marron ? Lorsque vos parents vous attendaient, ils aimaient spéculer sur la couleur de vos yeux. Aurez-vous les yeux noirs de maman ou les yeux bleus pétillants de papa ? Cette question est en fait beaucoup plus difficile à répondre qu'on ne le pensait auparavant.
4 conseils pour des yeux sains
Pour les parentsLes enfants sont protégés par des casques de vélo, de la crème solaire, des genouillères, des barrières d'escalier et des gobelets sans BPA. Certaines personnes disent que les parents d'aujourd'hui sont trop protecteurs, tandis que d'autres soutiennent que nous devrions utiliser toutes les connaissances et technologies disponibles pour protéger nos tout-petits autant que possible.
