Do you really know healthy screen time?

Screen time! 

Limiting screen time is a daily struggle, especially now when so much social interaction happens online. Since screen time is inevitable, it’s important to make sure that your and your family are protecting their eyes from the harmful blue light that’s emitted from digital screens. 

Whether your and your family need prescription glasses or not, blue light blocking lenses are absolutely helpful for everyone and all ages. 

Read on to learn more about blue light, blue light blocking glasses and how to set your and your family up for healthy screen time.

What Is Blue Light?

Blue light is high energy light in the visible light spectrum that is emitted from sources such as the sun, artificial lighting. and digital screens. It’s beneficial by helping us boost our mood and attention during the day, but due to its high energy properties it can lead to detrimental effects under increased exposure levels, especially during the evening hours. Especially vulnerable to the high energy portion of the light spectrum, which includes blue light and UV.

How Blue Light and Eye Health?

Extended blue light exposure from digital screens can cause eyestrain, headaches, blurred vision. and dry eye. Research has also found that excessive blue light, especially during bedtime hours can interfere with sleep patterns and is associated with insufficient sleep duration, poor sleep quality, and excessive daytime sleepiness. 

The special lenses block out 100% of UV light and nearly 100% of HEV blue light up to 415 nanometers (with some additional blue light protection beyond 415nm). For reference, traditional sunglasses with “full” UV protection only block up to 380-400nm.

Vision Protect Tips

During the times your need to be on screens, here are a few easy tips to help protect their developing eyes.

Schedule Break Time – Engage your and your family in a few yoga stretches or a walk to the kitchen for a small snack. This will break up the long periods of screen viewing that can cause eyestrain and dry eye. 

Light Their Space – Make sure they have plenty of light. This helps to reduce the eyestrain that may occur when the screen is brighter than their workspace.

Place it Right – Place a desktop monitor 25 inches, or a laptop no less than 20 inches, away from your face. You can also use an arm’s length distance for comfortable viewing. Ideally, the center of their screen should be positioned 15 degrees below their eyes for an easy resting gaze.

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