Develop Good Vision in Childhood: More Time for Outdoor Activities

From an infant to an adult, the changes keep happening in every inch of our skin, and of course including the vision. People don’t have a clear vision as long as they were born, as it takes time to grow up. During the growth and development of children, their vision can be vulnerable and easily affected by a lot of factors. For instance, children before 7 years old are likely to get strabismus, as well as farsightedness, nearsightedness, astigmatism, and amblyopia, and these situations need to be found and treated timely in order to avoid permanent vision loss. This is also why good behaviors of eye use should be fostered as soon as possible in childhood.

Common Eye Conditions In Childhood

As children’s eyes are still in the process of growth and development, there are certain eye conditions that are more common in children, including three main refractive errors (farsightedness, nearsightedness, and astigmatism), strabismus, and amblyopia. All these vision problems might be caused by improper eye use during childhood. In the meantime, some of these problems don’t have obvious symptoms and the children may be too young to tell their parents how their vision changes, which can lead to more severe results.

The three main refractive errors show different symptoms as follows:

Farsightedness: blurry vision, distant objects are seen more clearly than nearby objects.

Nearsightedness: blurry vision, the opposite of farsightedness, nearby objects can be seen more clearly than distant objects.

Astigmatism: blurry or distorted vision whether seeing nearby or distant objects, and being difficult to see at night...

Why Can Being Outdoors Improve Good Vision?

Vision problems are really not rare in childhood. There are a lot of improper behaviors can harm children’s vision and lead to certain eye issues. In this case, raising a child is not easy at all, especially if parents want to totally keep their children healthy. And this is why children need to be guided during their growth and development. In order to maintain eye health and improve good vision, increasing the time of outdoor activities can be particularly helpful.

Many studies prove that being outdoors for at least 60 minutes every day can be helpful for kids to develop good vision and improve their eye health. The elements that come from the nature like lights, colors, air, trace elements and so on, can be meaningful to irritate eye development and practice the functions of eyeballs somehow. To be more specific, the benefits to the eyes of outdoor activities can be summarized in the following aspects:

• Reduced screen time.
• Practice eye functions.
• Natural scenery is good for eye health.
• Proper irritation to the eyes.

Tips For Children When Joining Outdoor Activities

Being outdoors can be helpful to develop children’s eyes, but moderate time and appropriate eye protection may matter in the meanwhile. To improve children’s vision health by joining outdoor activities, there are some precautions shall be noticed.

• Eye protection during outdoor activities.
• A natural environment with green plants is the first option.
• Remember to look far.
• 60 minutes of outdoor time.

The International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) has calculated the number of children with vision loss all over the world that is up to 450 million, and at least 90 million children are suffering from a type of vision loss. In order to help these children adapt to low vision life, the assistive technology like Zoomax Snow 12 or Luna 6 can be perfect choices as they provide powerful functions and ideal size to meet children’s demands. American customers can visit our official US website to get information about more low vision aids for your visually impaired kids.

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