Believing in Good Health: Child Eye Health Awareness!

       IT’S ABOUT THAT TIME AGAIN…BACK TO SCHOOL!!!! AS PARENTS AND CHILDREN GATHER THEMSELVES TO PREPARE FOR AN EXCITING AND SUCCESSFUL SCHOOL YEAR…IT’S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT A HEALTHY CHILD MAKES A SUCCESSFUL STUDENT.        
  AUGUST IS CHILD EYE HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH.  THE BEST TOOL TO PREPARE YOUR CHILD FOR A PROSPEROUS SCHOOL YEAR IS HEALTHY EYESIGHT.  HEALTHY VISION IS KEY TO A CHILD’S LEARNING ABILITY.  A CHILD MUST BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT’S WRITTEN ON THE BLACKBOARD, OVERHEAD, OR IN THE BOOKS IN ORDER TO LEARN.  VISION DISABILITIES AFFECT 1 IN 4 SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN. AS A RESULT, MANY CHILDREN ARE MISDIAGNOSED AS HAVING LEARNING DISABILITIES OR BEHAVIORAL PROBLEMS ONLY TO LEARN LATER THAT VISION IMPAIRMENT AFFECTED THE CHILD’S LEARNING ABILITIES…. A SIMPLE PAIR OF PRESCRIBED LENSES (GLASSES) WOULD HAVE SOLVED THE MATTER AND INCREASED THE CONFIDENCE IN A CHILD TO LEARN WITHOUT RESTRAINT. 

        UNFORTUNATELY, CHILDREN do not realize they have EYE SIGHT problems because they think THEIR VISION IS NORMAL.  “THEY SEE THE WAY EVERYONE ELSE SEES.”  AS A RESULT, VISION PROBLEMS ARE NOT FIXED, ONLY CHILDREN LEARN TO ADJUST, CREATING MORE PROBLEMS IN SCHOOL AND LATER IN LIFE.   TO SOLVE THIS INCREASING AND PROMINENT ISSUE, SEE TO IT THAT YOUR CHILDREN MEET WITH AN OPHTHALMOLOGIST PRIOR TO THE START OF SCHOOL FOR A CERTIFIED EYE EXAM.  AS PARENTS AND EDUCATORS, LETS PROMOTE HEALTHY LIVING IN OUR CHILDREN.   IN, ADDITION, ANNUAL SCHOOL PHYSICALS AND IMMUNIZATIONS SHOULD ALSO BE AT THE TOP OF YOUR BACK TO SCHOOL LIST!