September is Sports Eye Safety Month.

In honor of Home and Sports Eye Safety Month, this post will highlight ways to keep your home eye safe specifically in purchasing toys that are safe for your children's eyes. It's important to take the earliest chance to guarantee your home is an eye-safe zone.

In general, children enter the world with an underdeveloped optical structure that grows with them. As part of normal infant optical development, infants can see objects at close range only. Throughout their growing stages, children are visually stimulated. Children's games and toys can be one of the easiest methods for stimulating a youngster's sight. However, at the same time, you should consider that most childhood mishaps occur at home, many of them with toys.

So what can you do to avoid compromising your children's eyes? There are many precautions you can take when buying toys and games for the home that are safe for your child's eyes.

Firstly, ensure long-handled toys - such as sticks- aren't sharp-edged, and prohibit or monitor young children carefully if they are handling them. While building blocks are usually fine for almost all ages, it's good to make sure the corners are rounded, in order to prevent eye or other bodily injury. It's a good idea to stay away from shooting toys, such as slingshots or dart guns. In an instance where you can't eliminate them altogether, then use of these toys should only be used when accompanied by a responsible adult. When allowing older children to play with chemicals or tools, be sure he or she wears protective glasses.

Toys are not the only danger in the home environment. Corners with a sharp edge that are found on tables are right at eye level for small children and can often cause serious injury. Cleaning solutions that are not stored properly are another culprit for injury for kids and should be placed away or locked up to prevent curious children from obtaining them.

True, toys can sometimes be hazardous, but it's important to not overlook all of the advantages they offer. There are many age-appropriate toys for kids that provide amazing ways to advance optical development. When purchasing toys for kids, go for those that refine coordination between the hands and eyes and will help youngsters to understand colors, shapes and space. It can also be a good idea to do some research before making a purchase. Then you can guarantee that your purchase is safe for your children's eyes and will enrich their visual development as well!