If your child hasn't had an eye exam, the phrase better late than never doesn't always apply. Lazy eye or amblyopia can occur when a child is not fitted with needed corrective eyewear at a young enough age. Usually that age is 8. Lazy eye results in less than optimal vision (20/20) even when corrected by glasses or contacts. Lazy eye can affect a person's choice of career, reduce their depth perception and even put the stronger/normal eye at risk for future traumatic injury. Please have your child's eyes examined early and often, ideally at age 6 months and then again at age 3 and every year thereafter. Children are not capable of complaining about their own poor vision until the age of 9 or 10, as they asume everyone sees the same as they do. If they have good vision in one eye, they are likely to be symptom free even longer, but by then amblyopia or lazy eye is there to stay.
