Editorial policy

This site exists to give parents a careful, sourced answer to practical questions about children's eyesight. It is written by one author, who is a parent and not a doctor, and it promises three things: every substantive claim is cited, every key claim is graded by the strength of its evidence, and nothing is published that has not passed the checks below.

Where the content comes from

Every article is drawn from a chapter of Children's Eyesight Problems, second edition, whose reference list was rebuilt source by source in 2026. An article may rewrite and update a chapter, but it does not add claims that are not in the verified reference list unless a new source has been opened, read and added to that list first.

How claims are checked

1. Each substantive claim gets a numbered citation to a source that was opened and read, not a search snippet or a secondary summary.
2. Each key claim gets an evidence tag: strong (several good trials or systematic reviews agree), moderate (good studies, some disagreement), limited (early, small or indirect studies), or experience (the author's own family, clearly labelled as one parent's account and not research).
3. A red-line pass removes anything that could substitute for medical care: no dosing instructions, no "instead of seeing a doctor", no diagnosis by symptom. Urgent content leads with "book the appointment first".
4. Articles about treatment, warning signs and eye examinations are flagged for independent clinical review before a reviewer line is ever added.

Independent medical review

As of the date above, no article has been independently reviewed by a clinician, and every article says so in its byline. We will not invent a reviewer, a credential or an endorsement. When a licensed optometrist or ophthalmologist reviews an article, that article will show their name, credentials and the review date; nothing else will.

Dates and updates

Every article shows the date it was published and the date it was last reviewed. Articles are re-checked at least yearly and whenever a major study or guideline changes the picture. Material changes are logged on the corrections page.

Commercial relationships

The site promotes one product: the author's own book, sold through Amazon. Links to Amazon are marked as sponsored links and appear in a fixed place on each article — one mention in the text and one card at the end — never in pop-ups or interruptions. The site does not sell, recommend or earn from any lens, drop, supplement, device or clinic. If that ever changes, it will be disclosed here first.

What we will not do

• Present the author as a medical professional.
• Publish reviews, testimonials, statistics or endorsements that are not real and verifiable.
• Use fear, countdowns or scarcity to sell.
• Publish machine-translated articles as if they were native editorial content.

Questions about this policy: see the contact page.