One out of every four children between ages five to twelve has a vision problem, which can adversely effect the child's educational performance. Many parents regularly take their children to the family doctor for medical checkups, yet they rely on vision screenings offered in schools to detect vision concerns. A child's visual learning capabilities depend on these areas. Parents should not wait until their children report visual problems.
Most children assume that they see the same as everyone else.
Delaying a child's complete eye examination can have a significant impact on the child's physical, mental and emotional well being. This only discourages children. Eventually they believe that they just can't learn. Optometrists, however, have found that 80 percent of these children have difficulty in eye control and coordination. New evidence has even indicated a link between undetected vision impairment and illiteracy.