Why do children need glasses anyway?
Children wear glasses for four basic reasons: • Correct a refractive error so that the incoming light rays will be properly focused on the retina and the eye will have the best possible image or vision • Correct a refractive error that is worse in one eye than the other to help treat amblyopia (lazy eye) • Help a child see clearly without having to focus (accommodate) hard enough that the eyes cross (usually this is true for hyperopic or far-sighted eyes) • Help protect the eyes from injury, especially when one eye does not have good vision and the child would not be able to drive or conduct a normal visual life if something were to injure the better-seeing eye
