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Maintaining Safety for Your Eyes at Home

 

As September marks Home and Sports Eye Safety Month, this post will focus on ways to keep your house safe for your eyes particularly for kids. It's important to be proactive to guarantee your home is an eye-safe zone.

Generally, kids enter the world with an underdeveloped optical system that develops with them. As part of standard infant optical development, newborns can view an object at close range only. Throughout their developing stages, kids are visually stimulated. Children's games and toys can be one of the fastest methods for stimulating children's sight. However, at the same time, it's important to remember that a large number of childhood mishaps take place at home, many with games and toys.

What's the simplest way to avoid accidents? There are many precautions you can take when choosing games for the home to guarantee your child's eyes are safe.

First of all, be sure long-handled playthings - such as a pony stick- have rounded edges, and prohibit or monitor young children carefully if they are handling them. While blocks pose little danger for almost any age, it's good to check that the edges are not sharp, in order to avoid eye injury. It's a good idea to steer clear of shooting toys, such as arrows or guns. In an instance where you can't eliminate them altogether, then shooting toys should be monitored by a responsible grown-up. When letting older children play with a chemistry set or woodworking tools, be sure he or she wears protective goggles.

In addition to games and toys, other domestic dangers might be present that you want to be on the look out for. Sharp corners on counters or tables are right at eye level for small children and can too often cause serious injury. Cleaning solutions that are not stored properly are a further culprit for injury for children and must be stored out of reach or behind a locked cabinet at all times.

Yes, toys can sometimes be dangerous, but it's important to not overlook all of the benefits they can provide. There are many toys customized for certain ages that offer terrific ways to stimulate optical development. When buying toys for children, look for those that focus on coordination between the hands and eyes and will encourage kids to learn about spatial relationships. It can also be a good idea to look on the Internet before stopping at the toy store. This way you can ensure that your purchase is safe for your children's eyes and will enrich their visual development as well!