The other morning I got up at the crack of dawn to continue painting the house before I went to work.  So I painted the rest of one color and got the paint and new paint pan out and ready for the next color.  I hadn’t eaten yet and was starting to get really hungry, so I decided to take a break and get something to eat.  Each morning I make a smoothie then pour it into a bowl and add a little granola.  So, I made my smoothie... then poured it right into the paint pan.  Okay, so I can be a little bit crazy at times.

Sometimes when you’re not thinking straight and you or one of your children do something crazy, like pour your smoothie into a paint pan, it may be because you or they are not seeing quite clearly.  It may be time to get your eyes checked. 

Did you know that

• 80 percent of learning comes through the eyes,
  
• one out of every four children need vision correction, and
  
• poor vision often goes undetected, even being missed by the school screenings?

One of our adult patients came in because her eyesight wasn’t what it once was.  At the end of the eye exam, her daughter, who was in grade school, indicated that she couldn’t read the eye chart clearly even though she was about twice as close to it.  Her mother didn’t believe her because she always passed the eye check at school and seemed to be doing fine.  Dr. Miner told her to hop up in the chair, and he checked her eyes.  Sure enough... she needed glasses!  And she needed a fairly powerful prescription.

Unfortunately, this story is not uncommon.

Make that important move and get your and your children’s eyes checked to aid in the learning process.  It may not eliminate your crazy moments, but it could reduce them.