https://blogs.mercola.com:443/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2020/09/06/pandemic-learning-can-strain-children_1920_s-eyes.aspxIs your child doing online learning during the pandemic? If so, there are steps you need to take to protect your children&rsquo;s eyes. First of all, it&rsquo;s important for your children to spend time playing outdoors, since studies have shown thatenCommunityServer 2008.5 SP1 (Debug Build: 31106.3070)https://blogs.mercola.com:443/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2020/09/06/pandemic-learning-can-strain-children_1920_s-eyes.aspx?ShowAllComments=True#10258309/10/2020 10:14:07 AM24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:1025830helpothers<p>When my kids were young we had an optometrist who did vision therapy. &nbsp;He had all my kids in minimal reading glasses while we homeschooled - ie: +.5 lenses. &nbsp;He said if you did this with kids when they were young they&#39;d be less likely to need glasses as adults. &nbsp;Sure enough 2 of my kids don&#39;t have glasses - youngest is 22, and oldest does but only a -1.0 diopter so nothing like the -4.5 me and my dh are. &nbsp;The lenses allow the eyes not to strain so much for near work. &nbsp;All kids working on computers or even textbooks would benefit from a program like iris to control the blue frequencies(for online) and these type of lenses.</p> https://blogs.mercola.com:443/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2020/09/06/pandemic-learning-can-strain-children_1920_s-eyes.aspx?ShowAllComments=True#10252379/7/2020 12:52:04 AM24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:1025237Almond<p>Maybe I am just an old fuddy-duddy, but I believe a textbook is still best.</p>