22 - Vision Quest

We often think our children’s vision is based off of how about they can see the letters and the page or at a certain distance we don’t often think about how well our children’s eyes are working together as a team. But in fact this is as important as how well the eyes are working individually since it is teamed vision that allows for depth perception, understanding contours of faces and different expressions. We naturally try to compensate when the information coming in from the environment does not make sense and it is possible that miss-matched information from your child’s vision and difficulties coordinating this information between the two eyes may lead to challenges to their balance, difficulties reading or even paying attention to people as they talk. As parents, it is helpful to be aware of these potential challenges, because the pediatricians and school clinic nurses are assessing for visual acuity , but it is not often thought about to pay attention to how the eyes work together. Just knowing about this as a possible source of a problem can help us ask better questions and be curious about potential contributing factors to our children’s behavior or learning challenges. https://www.carlapister.com/faq.html