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Show THE SIGHT OF YOUR CHILD About 160,000 school-age children are afflicted by eye injuries a year; fortunately, there are some things you can do to help keep your youngsters out of such statistics. To help younger children keep their sight, the National Society to Prevent Blindness says, keep them in sight. Be sure that play is supervised. Most eye accidents occur during unsupervised un-supervised activities. Teach youngsters the dangers of playing with broken glass, BB guns, bats and balls, bows and arrows, darts and the like. Show them how to carry scissors, not to point sharp objects, never to spray aerosol to- ward someone's face. Children involved in active sports can play safely if they use appropriate eyewear. In hockey, for instance, helmets should include eye shields to protect young eyes. This protection is being worn by players more and more and when used it has dramatically cut down on eye accidents. In other sports, children who need eyeglasses can be fitted with maximum-strength maximum-strength lenses and frames for best protection. Maximum-strength prescription safety glasses can be obtained where ordinary prescription glasses are sold. |