About the author

Andrey Vinogradov is a parent, not a medical professional. He is not an ophthalmologist, optometrist or orthoptist, and nothing on this site or in the book is a clinical opinion. He is a father who, when his son began blinking far too much at two and a half, read everything he could find, changed what the family did, and wrote it down.

Why the book was written twice

The first edition of Children's Eyesight Problems was written by a frightened parent in a hurry. It was sincere, and a good deal of it was wrong. When he went back and opened every source properly, some claims did not survive. The second edition was rebuilt around that check: more than 250 references, each one opened and read against the sentence it supports, and a register of every claim with the strength of the evidence behind it. Where a source could not be verified, the sentence was cut rather than softened.

What that means for this website

Every article here comes from a chapter of the second edition and uses the same sources. Each key claim carries an evidence tag — strong, moderate, limited, or the author's own experience — and a numbered citation. Articles have not yet been independently reviewed by a clinician; the byline on every article says so, and will change only when a named reviewer has actually reviewed that article. See the editorial policy and sources and evidence pages.

His family

The family is mixed and has lived in more than one country, including a period in China, where the number of children in glasses first made him ask whether poor eyesight was genetics, study, or something parents could influence. The book's answer is in its sixteen chapters; the short version is on the myopia and daylight pages.

Editions

The English second edition is on sale as Kindle, paperback and hardcover. German, Japanese, Spanish and French editions are prepared and will be listed on the book page as each one goes on sale.