We often see our kids scrunching up their cute little faces or squinting to see something far away. As parents, most of us are aware of the potential red flag of this behaviour and of a long-term problem brewing.
Myopia, otherwise known as near-sightedness or short-sightedness, is a Refractive Error in eyesight which is prevalent in many adults today because it wasn’t detected in early childhood.
According to research cited in: https://avehjournal.org/index.php/aveh/article/view/551/1322 a sample of school-going children aged 6-18 years, showed that 7.1% who had their eyes tested, were found to have Refractive Errors, particularly Myopia.
Although the above is based on a small sample, the population percentage may be higher. Many children don’t think they have a problem because reading a book is easy but seeing objects further away is often blurry. They think this is “normal”!