NEW YORK—With children spending four hours and more on electronic devices by choice and now 32 percent using e-books and textbooks at school, according to the American Optometric Association’s (AOA) Eye-Q Survey, the AOA’s “A B ‘Sees’ of Heading Back to School” infographic provides a quick reference for keeping children’s eyes healthy. Combine that with some “back-to-school device advice” on the AOA website itself and optometrists can help parents prevent their children from developing computer vision syndrome and keep them from suffering from digital eye strain.
 
Speaking of children, Pulcherie, a young mother in the Congo, lost her eyesight when she was only a teenager. Later, she married and had a child, but her husband abandoned her, leaving the blind mother alone with her child and with no hope of finding a job due to her disability. Watch this touching video to see how Mercy Ships, with support from Alcon, was able to remove the very dense cataract in her other eye. Just 24 hours after her operation on the Africa Mercy, the bandage was removed, and Pulcherie saw her baby girl for the very first time.