Children’s Eye Exams in Oshawa

Focusing on Your Family

It’s never too early to focus on your children’s eye health and vision. Their sense of sight is important at every age and every stage of development.

Our optometrists are experienced with children and can put them at ease. Many kids even think their eye exams are fun! And, if your child does need glasses, we offer a wide selection of colours and styles that will make them smile. We can also help address common vision concerns in children, like amblyopia (lazy eye) and strabismus (crossed eyes).

Book their appointment today to help set them up for success and a lifetime of healthy vision.

Valuable Visual Skills

Children aren’t born with the visual skills they need. They develop them over time.

Good visual skills can help set your child up for success. Whether it’s reading, interacting with other kids, throwing a ball around outside, or seeing what the teacher writes on the board, eyesight is involved.

Children who start school with undiagnosed vision problems may struggle to keep up in class. They may even be misdiagnosed with ADHD or another behavioural disorder.

Undiagnosed vision problems can also lead to:

• Learning at a slower rate than their peers
• Behavioural and disciplinary problems
• Higher risk of dropping out of school

How Do I Know If My Child Needs Glasses?

Children are often unable to articulate vision problems. They might not even know there is a problem. Unlike adults, children have not established a baseline of what proper vision looks like for them.

Kids can experience signs or symptoms that may not seem visual, like tiredness, poor concentration, or difficulty keeping their place while reading. They may develop vision problems that standard glasses can’t correct alone, like strabismus (eye-turn) or amblyopia (lazy eye). Even uncorrected myopia (nearsightedness), a common visual condition, can impact their healthy visual development.

Bringing your child for regular eye exams lets us establish their baseline, so we take the time to evaluate their symptoms. By detecting vision problems early on, we can give them appropriate support, whether they need glasses or other personalized vision care. Book their appointment today!