{"id":1139,"date":"2009-08-17T16:09:56","date_gmt":"2009-08-17T08:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/?p=1139"},"modified":"2025-09-14T10:19:03","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T02:19:03","slug":"reading_talks_20090817","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/2009\/08\/17\/reading_talks_20090817\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is to blame for declin\u00ading eye\u00adsight? \u2014 A chat with Yuanyuan\u2019s mom about eye care for her book\u00adworm."},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nOver the years, I\u2019ve met many book\u00adworms online, most of whom I\u2019ve known for a long time but nev\u00ader met before. How\u00adev\u00ader, these book\u00adworms have long since become a part of my life with\u00adout me even real\u00adiz\u00ading it.
\n   
\nA few days ago, I received a let\u00adter from the moth\u00ader of Yuanyuan, a lit\u00adtle book\u00adworm. It touched me deeply, so I\u2019m post\u00ading the let\u00adter here to share with every\u00adone. Yuanyuan\u2019s moth\u00ader wrote to say that Yuanyuan and Xiaoyin are in the same grade. Thanks to their read\u00ading, they have excel\u00adlent grades in school and their read\u00ading has devel\u00adoped very well. They are real book\u00adworms. But not long ago, dur\u00ading an unin\u00adten\u00adtion\u00adal phys\u00adi\u00adcal exam\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion, it was dis\u00adcov\u00adered that she was near\u00adsight\u00aded. Her moth\u00ader and father were very wor\u00adried, espe\u00adcial\u00adly her father, who felt that it was all \u201cthe fault of read\u00ading.\u201d Yuanyuan\u2019s moth\u00ader also asked me to tell the par\u00adents of lit\u00adtle book lovers, \u201cI sin\u00adcere\u00adly hope that chil\u00addren who enjoy read\u00ading will have a pair of bright big eyes and appre\u00adci\u00adate this beau\u00adti\u00adful nat\u00adur\u00adal world. Par\u00adents should pay atten\u00adtion to this as ear\u00adly as pos\u00adsi\u00adble, and don\u2019t be like me. When I think about it, it\u2019s too late.\u201d
\n   
\nMy reply is as fol\u00adlows:
\n 
\nHel\u00adlo, Yuanyuan\u2019s moth\u00ader!
\n   
\nI\u2019m so glad to hear from you! It\u2019s also nice to hear about Yuanyuan\u2019s recent sit\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtion :)
\n   
\nHow\u00adev\u00ader, eye prob\u00adlems are indeed wor\u00adthy of atten\u00adtion. We recent\u00adly invit\u00aded Dr. Su, a Tai\u00adwanese oph\u00adthal\u00admol\u00ado\u00adgist who spe\u00adcial\u00adizes in both Chi\u00adnese and West\u00adern med\u00adi\u00adcine, to Bei\u00adjing for a dis\u00adcus\u00adsion, pri\u00admar\u00adi\u00adly to ask him about chil\u00addren\u2019s vision devel\u00adop\u00adment.
\n   
\nCur\u00adrent\u00adly, chil\u00addren (espe\u00adcial\u00adly ele\u00admen\u00adtary school stu\u00addents) in main\u00adland Chi\u00adna, Hong Kong, and Tai\u00adwan are expe\u00adri\u00adenc\u00ading severe vision loss. How\u00adev\u00ader, over\u00adall, these chil\u00addren\u2019s read\u00ading habits are also not very promis\u00ading, so, broad\u00adly speak\u00ading, we don\u2019t need to direct\u00adly link exces\u00adsive read\u00ading with vision loss. Accord\u00ading to oph\u00adthal\u00admol\u00ado\u00adgists, the root cause of chil\u00addren\u2019s vision loss is \u201cexces\u00adsive close-up work,\u201d which includes study\u00ading at school, doing home\u00adwork, watch\u00ading TV, using the com\u00adput\u00ader, and, of course, read\u00ading (usu\u00adal\u00adly out\u00adside of class). But among these many \u201ccul\u00adprits,\u201d what per\u00adcent\u00adage of this work is actu\u00adal\u00adly spent read\u00ading? It\u2019s like\u00adly very lit\u00adtle, pri\u00admar\u00adi\u00adly because chil\u00addren have so lit\u00adtle time to them\u00adselves each day.
\n   
\nOf course, this depends on the spe\u00adcif\u00adic sit\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtion. For exam\u00adple, if a child already spends more than eight hours in school fre\u00adquent\u00adly using their eyes at close range, even if they spend an addi\u00adtion\u00adal hour read\u00ading, it will still have a sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcant impact on their eye health over\u00adall. How\u00adev\u00ader, even if you can reduce the read\u00ading time from one hour to half an hour, it will hard\u00adly make much of a dif\u00adfer\u00adence.
\n   
\nAt Dr. Su\u2019s sug\u00adges\u00adtion, we also had Xiaoy\u00adin\u2019s eye\u00adsight checked. The results revealed that she does have a ten\u00adden\u00adcy toward myopia in one eye, but fur\u00adther obser\u00adva\u00adtion and fol\u00adlow-up exam\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtions are need\u00aded to deter\u00admine whether she needs glass\u00ades. How\u00adev\u00ader, Xiaoy\u00adin\u2019s moth\u00ader\u2019s side of the fam\u00adi\u00adly is most\u00adly near\u00adsight\u00aded, so there\u2019s a chance it\u2019s hered\u00adi\u00adtary. So while we don\u2019t expect Xiaoyin to be com\u00adplete\u00adly immune to the risk of myopia, we\u2019re still try\u00ading to at least avoid the pos\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty of \u201cpseudomy\u00adopia.\u201d
\n   
\nBut tak\u00ading Xiaoy\u00adin\u2019s school as an exam\u00adple, I feel like they spend too much time in class and on exer\u00adcis\u00ades (some\u00adtimes even skip\u00adping breaks), and then come home with almost an hour of home\u00adwork. While we strict\u00adly lim\u00adit TV and com\u00adput\u00ader time (no more than half an hour per day), for a lit\u00adtle book\u00adworm, even an hour of read\u00ading a day would\u00adn\u2019t be too much to ask. So, over\u00adall, I feel it\u2019s real\u00adly dif\u00adfi\u00adcult to keep chil\u00addren\u2019s \u201cclose-up work\u201d with\u00adin a \u201cmod\u00ader\u00adate\u201d range.
\n   
\nBut I think there are a few things Dr. Su reminds me that are par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly worth shar\u00ading:
\n   
\nFirst, from the per\u00adspec\u00adtive of Tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal Chi\u00adnese Med\u00adi\u00adcine, eye health is part of over\u00adall health, a win\u00addow into over\u00adall well-being. There\u00adfore, pro\u00adtect\u00ading your eyes fun\u00adda\u00admen\u00adtal\u00adly involves main\u00adtain\u00ading over\u00adall phys\u00adi\u00adcal and men\u00adtal health.
\n   
\nSec\u00adond\u00adly, we should make some adjust\u00adments to the prob\u00adlem of \u201cclose-range eye work\u201d as much as pos\u00adsi\u00adble, and pro\u00advide more oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adties for work that can con\u00adtin\u00adu\u00adous\u00adly change the dis\u00adtance of the eyes, that is, to keep the eyes relaxed func\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adly (sim\u00adi\u00adlar to the prin\u00adci\u00adple of mydri\u00ada\u00adsis). We often say that the eyes should be kept look\u00ading into the dis\u00adtance fre\u00adquent\u00adly, which is the rea\u00adson. How\u00adev\u00ader, chil\u00addren in cities now lack such oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adties. Oph\u00adthal\u00admol\u00ado\u00adgists strong\u00adly rec\u00adom\u00admend that chil\u00addren do more sports that can help with this. It is said that play\u00ading table ten\u00adnis is the most effec\u00adtive, fol\u00adlowed by bad\u00adminton. As a joke, table ten\u00adnis play\u00aders don\u2019t wear glass\u00ades, haha. The prin\u00adci\u00adple is that dur\u00ading exer\u00adcise, the eyes will con\u00adstant\u00adly and quick\u00adly adjust to the dis\u00adtance. There\u00adfore, we plan to give Xiaoyin the oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adty to prac\u00adtice table ten\u00adnis more, main\u00adly for the eyes:)
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\nThird, chil\u00addren\u2019s eye habits are par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly impor\u00adtant. The time spent on close-up work should not be too long. The pos\u00adture when read\u00ading should be appro\u00adpri\u00adate, and the light source should be appro\u00adpri\u00adate. It is best to have mul\u00adti\u00adple light sources indoors (for exam\u00adple, using ceil\u00ading lights and table lamps at the same time). Teach chil\u00addren some basic eye care knowl\u00adedge, etc.
\n   
\nFourth, if \u201cpseudomy\u00adopia\u201d is indeed dis\u00adcov\u00adered, there is no need to wor\u00adry. Just seek nor\u00admal med\u00adical cor\u00adrec\u00adtion and try to improve your child\u2019s eye envi\u00adron\u00adment and habits.
\n   
\nIn short, I\u2019m also con\u00adstant\u00adly learn\u00ading. I believe that chil\u00addren who love read\u00ading will be suc\u00adcess\u00adful, but a suc\u00adcess\u00adful life does\u00adn\u2019t nec\u00ades\u00adsar\u00adi\u00adly mean a hap\u00adpy life. We real\u00adly hope to help chil\u00addren live more nat\u00adu\u00adral\u00adly and freely, but when we think about it, the ones who need to change the most are us, haha!
\n   
\nI have been think\u00ading about this issue recent\u00adly, and I would like to share some of my thoughts, hop\u00ading that they will be of some help to you.
\n 
\nTo add:
\n   
\nBy the way, there is also an arti\u00adcle about Ping\u00adshu to share, the URL is as fol\u00adlows:
\n    http:\/\/www.hongniba.com.cn\/bbs\/article.aspx?board=@__5&id=3243<\/a>
\n   
\nLis\u00adten\u00ading to books with your ears is also a way to replace using your eyes:)
\nXiaoy\u00adin\u2019s father<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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