Child Care
Child care: Making the best choice for your family
Whether you work full-time, a few hours a week or have other commitments, choosing child care is an important decision. You want to ensure your child is in a safe, caring, and stimulating environment, with plenty of opportunities to learn and grow every day. You also want an open, positive relationship with your child’s caregiver(s).
Good caregivers:
- Understand how children grow and develop.
- Provide children with a stimulating environment and many ways to learn.
- Know how to respond to a child’s emotional needs.
- Work with you and listen to your concerns.
- Help in reaching child-focused goals.
As your kids get older, contact an eye doctor if you notice these symptoms.
Hopefully, annual eye exams will be enough to notice changes in your child’s vision and catch these issues before they become a problem. However, if your child is exhibiting any of the following behaviors, it’s best to schedule an appointment with an eye doctor as soon as possible:
- Losing his/her place while reading
- Confusing similar-looking words
- Failing to recognize the same word in the next sentence
- Showing signs of poor reading comprehension
- Writing sloppily
- Complaining of eyes hurting, headaches, or double vision
- Avoiding close work (such as reading and writing)
- Struggling to concentrate and pay attention
- Squinting or reading with one eye closed
Bringing your child in for an exam can help any eye doctor analyze vision issues and get to the root of the problem.