As parents, we strive to provide the best possible care for our children, and one essential aspect often overlooked is their eye health. Some eye conditions are entirely out of our hands, whether from genetics or age. However, proper eye care habits can prevent or manage many eye diseases.

Developing healthy habits from an early age can significantly contribute to the long-term well-being of your child's vision. 

Our brains constantly produce electrical activity in the form of brainwaves, which vary in frequency depending on the individual's mental state. These waves are created as our neurons communicate with each other. During relaxed states, the brain produces slower brainwave frequencies, such as alpha and theta waves, while during focused or alert states, it produces faster frequencies, like gamma or beta.

   Eye injuries in the workplace are very common. According to recent reports from The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, every day, nearly 2,000 U.S. workers sustain job-related eye injuries that require medical treatment. However, safety experts and eye doctors believe simply using proper eye protection on the job could prevent thousands of eye injuries each year. 

It is a pretty well-known fact that our bodies change in some pretty significant ways as we mature and age. One part of our bodies we may not think about being as influenced by and changing all that often (at least until we get much older) is our eyes. But this is far from the truth. Our eyes are constantly developing and changing due to both internal and external factors.

From exposure to UVA and UVB radiation, developmental hormones, eye injuries, medications, and a host of medical conditions, our eyesight does not develop or maintain itself in a vacuum. Let’s take a look specifically at how hormones shape vision throughout our lives.