Our school-age vision screening guide 825

A child who sits close to the television, squints at the board, or holds a book just a little too near is often written off as distracted, tired, or simply “being a kid.” I have seen that assumption delay care more often than it should. Nearsightedness, or myopia, usually develops gradually, and children rarely describe it in the dramatic terms adults expect. They adapt. They lean forward. They guess. They copy the homework from a friend across the room. By the time the pro