All About Kids' Eye-sight

[ChiefKiasu]

allseasons:

Sometimes I am a bit worry of my children' eye health. Everyday they read, watch tv, study, play, etc... All activities needs their eyes. Thus, I am worry they will develop myopia very soon. ...

For me, the most important thing to note is the amount of light at your children's study area. Make sure it is brightly lit when they are doing their activities in there.

[allseasons]

Thanks Jedamum, i will try to read the links. Btw, some people said that wolfberries will be helpful for eyesight. Is it right? How to consume it? Both my hsb and I are wearing glasses, so i guess both my sons will have the genetic factor to be myopic too.. . Just want to prevent it if I can..


Agree with you Chief. A good study lamp is needed for the children, so they won't read in the dark room. Remember when I was young, when my mum asked me to sleep and switched off the light, I always read with a torch in my bedroom...

[phantom]

jedamum:

I do know brands has one supplement to http://www.brandsworld.com.sg/main.aspx?sid=109, but I have not tried that yet.

I have tried that on my kid, so far, seem like it have some effect, not sure if it a placebo effect though :roll:

My niece and nephew are also taking it. Before taking it the eye test was not satisfactory, after taking it for a while, my nephew eye test improved.

[winth]

allseasons:

Btw, some people said that wolfberries will be helpful for eyesight. Is it right? How to consume it? Both my hsb and I are wearing glasses, so i guess both my sons will have the genetic factor to be myopic too..

That's what I heard too. My boys have been eating wolfberries added into soup and porridge. It's very easy actually, just pop those (after washing) when you're brewing soup or when you are cooking some fish/meat porridge. They are rather tasteless actually, so shouldn't be difficult to make them eat it.

If your boy is health conscious type too, can tell him, this is to improve your eye sight. DS1 is super health conscious, he will eat things he know is good, so he never had problems eating weird herbal things that he knows is beneficial for his health.

Another thing I wanna highlight about lights and study tables. You should try to sit down on the study table with your child to see from his/her angle and check if the table material of his study desk reflects the lights.

We bought an Ikea table when he was a child. It's bright orange, very nice and colourful for kids. But one thing is that the bright orangy paint is highly reflective and if you use a table lamp, you will find that it's actually rather glaring for the eyes. Also, bec the table is flat, soon you'll realise that the child will need to move his body towards the top of the table when he needs to read words on the top page, causing his head to go under the lamp, thus casting a shadow onto the books.

It was very disturbing when I saw him squint his eyes, though I've already placed him in a brightly-lit room with all the right type of conditions for studying.

So the next table that we bought for him is ergonomics. The table top is able to tilt 25 degrees and the table material is non-reflective. I'm not promoting ergonomics series here, but I find that with a table top which is able to tilt, it allows the child to see the entire book without the need to move his body. Both table and chair are ergonomics too, and there are adjustable to the child's height. We bought a 3M lamp for his table and tilt it in such a way that the lights are bright enough for him, on top of lights switched on in the room when he's studying.

Oh, other than study environment and food that you eat. You should let child go for outdoor sports that allows eyes to see far and/or move fast. E.g. ping pong, swimming, golf, badminton, baseball.

Hope it helps.

[MdmKS]

Any parents whose kids have tried a eye massager called Eye Relax, sold at popular bookshop? It claims that it could help treat myopia , etc. Is it true? :?

[mathsparks]

MdmKS:

Any parents whose kids have tried a eye massager called Eye Relax, sold at popular bookshop? It claims that it could help treat myopia , etc. Is it true? :?

Hi,
My son (P6) and I have been using eye relax since 2006. It helps my long/short sight problems. Been using daily.

Son uses it on alternate days and i believe it slows down his worsening myopia.

The company sometimes sends me vouchers for redemption. Do email me if interested.

[jedamum]

phantom:

jedamum:

I do know brands has one supplement to http://www.brandsworld.com.sg/main.aspx?sid=109, but I have not tried that yet.

I have tried that on my kid, so far, seem like it have some effect, not sure if it a placebo effect though :roll:

My niece and nephew are also taking it. Before taking it the eye test was not satisfactory, after taking it for a while, my nephew eye test improved.

Guardian is having offer...instead of $22 per pack, they are selling in bundles of 4 packs at $66. But my husband said that our genetics are already working against us, and whether it will really help :roll:

[allseasons]

I just brought my Ds1 back from checking his eyes at paediatric opthalmologist. He is just 4.5 y.o but already has myopia and astigmatism.. Maybe it is true genetic, my husband and I started to have glasses when we were in lower primary.


The doctor said he might need glasses now or the sooner we decide to let him have it. I almost cried during the eye test when seeing him can't read most of the numbers on the wall... (I know he already can read numbers and all alphabets). Really don't know what to do.. :?: Just feel pity of him, he is still so young but needs glasses soon, must be very uncomfortable..

[amylqf]

jedamum:

phantom:

[quote=\"jedamum\"]

I do know brands has one supplement to http://www.brandsworld.com.sg/main.aspx?sid=109, but I have not tried that yet.

I have tried that on my kid, so far, seem like it have some effect, not sure if it a placebo effect though :roll:

My niece and nephew are also taking it. Before taking it the eye test was not satisfactory, after taking it for a while, my nephew eye test improved.

Guardian is having offer...instead of $22 per pack, they are selling in bundles of 4 packs at $66. But my husband said that our genetics are already working against us, and whether it will really help :roll:[/quote]My girl is also taking similar content with all kinds of berries tablets from raffles hospital. I would say it is not really working for her.

[amylqf]

phantom:

Basically seems like there are lots of reasons, but I don't understand why Singapore children myopia rate is one of the highest in the world. I worried for my kid, hope they don't ear glasses

A lot of factors caused the singapore kids myopia. such as singapore hot weather limited the child to go outdoor long enough, academic driven society, city environment (room small, narrow space between buildings), not using eye correctly, etc..
basically, the eye never been trained to see far, only to see near, therefore near-sighted.