They have slightly reduced ability to discriminate depth and so tend to be a bit clumsier than other kids. But they usually do O.K at school. We need to remember though that they have a cosmetic problem and only one fully functioning eye. Looking through one eye more than the other does not wear out the good eye. We have a number of options to treat your child's turned eye.
Eye exercises and patching.
No single approach is better than the others. The approach depends on what type of eye turn your child has. We may need to use two or even all three to get the best result. If you go back to the most common reason for a turned eye you will appreciate that if we correct the longsightedness with spectacles we can help straighten the turned eye. The spectacles help remove the reasons why the eye turned.