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In this modern era, many children are raised by surrogate (baby sitter) who often have more affinity than the biological parents. This cultural shift is also likely to make a baby sitter to adjust our desires so that children can be maintained in his job a long time. So not a surprising thing when to reduce the inconvenience for the baby sitter, many children today is more left to play games such as Nintendo Wii, PSP, X-Box, and watch TV than play with their peers in the game skills psychomotor, like riding a bike, football, basketball, swimming or even playing a lot done outside the room like hide and seek, and so on. Of course this article is not going to judge you as a (prospective) parent, you?re your baby sitter (domestic help). But the lifestyle is less likely to move has opened up a gap for the entry of diseases previously known only in adults but now also to the children. Call it obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and so forth. Do not be surprised if the kids who grew up with this lifestyle will soon get a stroke at a young age.

Paragraph above is simply a discourse to the reader as well as parents and prospective parents can introspect deeper and see the responsibility as parents as a gift (and not a burden). Because in fact, more children need psychological support from their parents of his life than the material support that is not eternal.

So is there any relationship between the eyes focused for hours in front of the television screen with the early damage to the eyes of a child?

A study conducted by the students of the Faculty of Medicine University of Indonesia has recently indicated a correlation between the total time per day watching television and distance from the television while watching the left eye contrast sensitivity, right eye and both eyes, longer watching television, the score lower retinal function, as well as closer distances tend to reduce the function of the retina in the eyes of children.

The recommended distance on watching TV for children is 4 meters aged 6-9 years, should watch 60 minutes per day. While for children aged 9-13 years, for 90 minutes per day.

This is possible because the television emits blue light that is very close and dangerous for the eyes of children. Blue rays cause retinal degeneration by destroying the enzyme cytochrome oxidase and inhibits cell respiration. Lens of the eye in children is also relatively clear that can not reduce the maximum blue light. Factor total time to watch every day and watch the distance also affect the total received light blue eyes.

However, there are also other studies showing that small radiation generated by the video game screen, TV, or computer does not cause eye damage if we can not control yourself when the eyes begin to feel tired. The problem is, the children can continue to addiction in front of a video game screen even tired to defend his victory in the video game characters he played.

After all, look at the TV screen, computer, video games, or reading for long periods can cause fatigue in the eye. This can be characterized by discomfort after seeing in a long time, and mild headaches.

Some things that can cause fatigue in the eye (eyestrain) include:

The eyes that hold long-term focus on a fixed object. This is because our eyes are essentially designed for alternating focus between objects near and far. Our eyes are more likely to fatigue when viewing near objects than viewing distant objects. Less lighting will force our eyes focused on conditions that do not support. A blinding light, either directly or by reflection, making it difficult to see the eye. When we tired eyes, face and eye muscles will get tight. Contrast is the difference in light between what is seen and the neighborhood. Contrast the excess, like a bright TV screen in a dark room, could spur eyestrain. Vision problems who need assistance or contact lens glasses to overcome.

Now, you know all this, hopefully you can be wise in using your eyes as a gift of deity and remind your child about the dangers of watching TV or playing games in long period.