By now, you?ve probably heard about the trouble screens cause for kids? sleep, language development and physical activity, but did you ever consider their eyes" Though little research has been done on the impact of screens on kids? eyesight, we know enough about the damage long-term screen use causes to adults? eyes to recognize that it?s probably not benign for kids. That?s why the Canadian Association of Optometrists and the Canadian Ophthalmological Society put out a statement on screen use in kids.

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All that screen time does real-life harm: Here's how much kids should actually be getting The statement notes that, while as many as 50 to 90 percent of adult screen users will experience eye symptoms from staring at their computers and smartphones, kids are likely even more at risk because their eyes are still developing. And the way kids use screens is bound to be different from adults. For instance, ?it wouldn?t be unusual for a child to be on their belly looking at a screen from a really close distance, whereas an adult might spend an equal amount of time on a screen but at a desk,? says Shamrozé Khan, an optometrist and assistant clinical professor at University of Waterloo?s School of Optometry, explaining that the child would be like...