Protecting Your Family’s Vision Never Looked So Good!
Disclosure – I was compensated with a pair of cool, trendy, designer sunglasses for writing this post for VSP. Maybe even the same sunglasses you could win just by entering below!! All stories and opinions are still my own. But you already knew that!
Other than our oldest, every person in our house has some kind of eye issue. I’ve been wearing corrective lenses of some sort since I was 10??, so have always been in tune with making 
vision care a priority. But think back to when your kids were little..from the time they were born you were preached to endlessly about well-health visits. And then came the suggestions to get them to the dentist before they even had teeth.
Very little attention is ever given to vision unless there is some kind of problem and unless it’s really bad, vision issues in kids tend to go unnoticed until usually something happens in school. While many schools offer screenings, in-school screenings do not provide the same level of detection as comprehensive eye exams are really nothing more than an eye chart and a referral to the school’s recommended doctors. In fact, parents should take their children to the eye doctor for a comprehensive eye exam starting as young as six months old, then again at three years old, before kindergarten and every year after that.
Eye exams are important for everyone in your family – from babies to adults, and everyone in between. Annual eye exams are important to your overall health. They allow eye doctors to detect early signs of chronic health conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol, among others. Our youngest has a very unique vision issue that our school is always trying to diagnose as “bad vision”. Every year they do the obligatory eye exam and every year they send home the blazing piece of paper that would make you think she was going blind and that it was our fault. This kid sees an eye specialist (and has been) at least twice a year and believe me… No one leaves this house without sunglasses. When the youngest grows a little and starts using many different digital gadgets as kids seem to be doing this day in age, we’ll more than likely have to look into different types of glasses to reduce eye strain from the digital screens and keep her eyes in the best condition possible considering her unique vision issue.
Do you know what the common signs of vision problems are? They can include squinting, head tilting, avoiding “close work,” trouble 
focusing, continuous rubbing of eyes and headaches and 1 in 4 children has an undetected vision condition that can negatively impact learning.
What about the myths of good eye care and vision??
Did your mother tell you not to read in dim lighting because it will strain your eyes, or to finish all the carrots on your plate because they’ll protect your vision? Visit the VSP® Vision Care site where their optometrist, Dr. Ryan Nakamura debunks a few of these stories so you know which eye health tips to keep preaching to your kids, and which are entirely fictional. (this will come in handy for your kids if they hate carrots 😉 )
So what if you’re like a lot of families and your medical insurance doesn’t cover vision? How can you protect your families vision without insurance? That’s where VSP Vision Care comes in. With a network of 30,000 eye care providers, VSP members have the freedom to choose the provider, location and eyewear that’s right for them. It’s easy to see why VSP is consumers’ #1 choice in vision care. When you’re a member of VSP, you can
- Keep your eyes healthy with highly credentialed doctors who provide the most thorough exams
- Save money – the average VSP member saves approximately $320 each year with vision insurance!
- Get access to great eyewear – more than two dozen brands and hundreds of styles to choose from!
- Enable your family to experience life to the fullest
They also provide members (and non-members!) with tons of great information at SeeMuchMore.com. Interested in the Kids’ Healthy Eye Index? You can access the portal where they answer questions and give insight on topics like how to take care of your glasses and one that is REALLY important – how to take care of your eyes in the sun. The site also includes a virtual savings calculator to estimate your savings with VSP vision benefits. There is also helpful information about maintaining healthy vision that can be found at the Learn About Your Eyes section of the site. You can even play an interactive game for a chance to win prizes.
Now that you’ve learned about all the good that VSP Vision Care if bringing to you and your family, how about a chance to win a pair of designer sunglasses so that YOU look great watching after their eyes? And I’m not talking about the Walgreens $20 variety either because you deserve WAY better than that. I mean, your eyes are all over the place making sure your family is protected so they should be parked behind some seriously stylish eyewear.
One lucky reader will receive their choice of select sunglasses from VSP Vision Care valued between $250 – $400!!
Just enter below and one winner will be announced on the Four Hens Facebook page on the morning of November 15th!!
Everyone in my household wears contacts and glasses.
I have corrected vision.
my mom & sister do!
Yes, I wear glasses and contacts.
All 3 of us in our home have correctable vision!
My sister does.
Both my husband and I wear glasses.
I have corrected vision and my husband uses cheap store readers
I do wear glasses but mostly just for driving
Both my boyfriend and myself wear contacts and have glasses. I dream of the day I can get lasik and stop worrying about contacts.
No one in my family has it but I kinda want to!
Three of us in the family have corrected vision.
We are all 20/20 but my mom and dad have poor vision.
Yes, we all have corrected vision.
My husband and I both wear contacts and glasses. Thanks!!
I do
My husband and I both have glasses
no not yet
Everyone in our family has corrected vision.
No one in my family has corrected vision.
my wife wears contacts
The old man wears reading glasses. I had Lasik years ago.
I am near sighted so I wear my glasses almost all of the time
Both my husband & I do.
Yes 3 of the 5 of us including myself
I have been near-sighted since early elementary school age. I think I was in the first grade by the time I had acquired my first pair of glasses. Now, I wear my glasses, along with readers, as well as soft contact lenses to see.
My daughter, my husband and I all wear glasses.
Both Hubs and I wear contacts/glasses and have since we were young. Our girls don’t stand a chance! 🙂
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Yes, I wear reading glasses and my hubby, Just Plane Dad, has always worn contacts. He has terrible vision without correction. I’d love to win the sunglasses because as I’ve gotten older, the sun is treacherous on my eyes. Don’t want wrinkles or poor eyesight!
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My daughter has glasses that she can use in the classroom, but she doesn’t like to use them. So an eye exam and a pair of prescription glasses later, they sit on her desk.
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My daughter has been wearing glasses since she was four, and I am in dire need of bifocals!! Oy. 🙂
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My husband and I both need glasses for reading, sadly. I need to make an appointment with the eye doctor because I think I have some issues beyond that.
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I had Lasik eye surgery 14 years ago when it was pretty new. It only lasted about 5 years.
Yep, and I laugh that there is a market for fake glasses now!
me. i really need to have my eyes checked again.
I wear both glasses and contacts! I’m near sighted with Astigmatism in both eyes. Yippee!
My husband, my daughter and myself all wear glasses!
All but one of us wears glasses or contacts
We all do.
My husband and I both have glasses.
I wear glasses. My husband has had cataract surgery and detached retina surgery. Doctor is waiting for glasses to see if double vision corrects itself.
Yes, my husband had it done years ago.
Our whole family does!
I wear contacts and glasses.
My husband has an incredibly strong prescription! Without his glasses he can’t even tell if a person five feet away is a man or a woman. I don’t wear glasses yet, but I’ve noticed my vision is not what it used to be.
My husband, two kids and I all wear glasses.
I have to wear contacts or glasses at all times if I want to see. My husband just started needing reading glasses. I’m hopeful our kids don’t need glasses!
My husband is the one on the house with eye glasses!
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No by my MIL does.
Everybody in my house has corrected vision.
Yes, my wife has corrected vision (glasses)
No, not at this time.
Yes, my mother.
I wore glasses most of my life, but at 50 I had lasik surgery, now I only need reading glasses. Wearing sunglasses is so important to protect you eyes!
My husband, son, and I do.
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I have corrected vision.
Three of us wear glasses or contacts, my husband had the laser vision correction, and my oldest has always had perfect vision.
I do ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Both my husband and myself have corrected vision.
no we don’t
I have corrected vision.
All four of us in the house do.
my husband dose
My husband has corrected vision. Without it he had an awful time seeing anything.
I have corrected vision.
Both adults in our family – and with opposite issues!