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the eyes have it good vision is an important part of helping your child succeed at school by suja natarajan diagnosis and treatment can often restore how long is too long? at school depends on this simple disorders are a common pediatric health the beginning of the school year ensures early diagnosis and prompt treatment of vision problems here are some things you should know to promote good vision "screenings are usually performed by non-eye care professionals and only measure a small portion of what is required to evaluate a child's visual system the optometrist will evaluate whether or eyes are working together correctly and check to make sure their eyes and visual pathways are healthy," says akerman excessive screen time on electronic devices such as smartphones can cause vision deterioration the canadian association of optome- trists recommends this guideline for the amount more than one hour per day of age-appropriate educational and super- vised screen viewing more than two hours per day of recreational screen time.-sn eye exams as children grow and change with each children's eyes are healthy from a young age to ensure a lifetime of good vision "a complete eye exam is important to ensure the entire visual system is func- tioning as it should," says riaz ahmed an optometrist and owner of mission eye exam frequency the cao recommends a first eye exam between 6 and 9 months of age and annually through the school years protective eyewear exposure to digital devices can cause eye irritated eyes and potentially severe vision light emitted by electronic devices as well as uv rays with protective glasses costco connection costco optical centres offer professional eye care and stylish eyewear common eye problems common eye problems in children lazy eye and binocular problems such as unable to work together while focusing on of school-age children have a problem with eye teaming that will make learning suja natarajan is a writer based in ohio