What are the factors that affect children's bone and vision development?

A child's posture affects his bone growth and vision. If a child often has a bad posture, he may suffer from myopia, short stature, and back pain. Therefore, let your child participate in outdoor activities more often, and develop the habit of using a desk to study and a good sleeping posture, which will help maintain the correct posture.

How to keep correct posture for children

A good bed: A good posture is not only for standing or sitting, but also for lying down or sleeping. A good mattress, pillow and correct posture can avoid all spine problems in the future. The mattress should not be too hard or too soft, and the best sleeping posture is to sleep on your back or side.

Avoid overloading a backpack: It is easy to overload a child's backpack, which can cause back strain and make them hunch over. Choose a lightweight backpack and don't pack too much unnecessary stuff. A rolling bag is even better.

Use adequate lighting: Good lighting not only reduces stress on your child's eyes, it can also improve posture. Poor lighting can cause your child to lean his head forward, causing strain on the neck and upper back. So keep your desk well-lit.

Use a study desk: Inculcate the habit of using a desk instead of sitting on the floor for study or activities. The height of the desk and chair should be comfortable and supportive of the child's back. Lying, sitting on the bed or on the floor to write affects the child's posture.

Do outdoor sports: Outdoor sports are necessary for children's all-round development. Let your children do outdoor sports instead of playing games on the computer. These sports can promote the health of the spine and improve posture.

Lead by example yourself: Children learn a lot from their parents, so if you sleep or stand incorrectly, your children will learn the same posture. But it helps a lot if they see you maintaining an upright posture, using a desk, etc.

Consult your doctor: If you notice your child hunching over or having neck pain, consult your doctor to check your child's posture. If necessary, the doctor can recommend corrections.

Harmful effects of bad posture on children

Affects children's height: The most direct impact of poor posture is that children will become shorter. If children are in a bad posture for a long time, it may cause spinal problems, thus affecting their height.

Impact on vision problems: Poor posture can also affect children’s vision and may cause refractive errors, such as myopia, astigmatism, strabismus and other vision problems, prompting children to wear glasses for correction.

Affects sleep quality: Poor standing and sitting postures can easily cause soreness in the shoulders, neck and back. If combined with a poor sleeping posture, it will affect the child's sleep quality, and in turn affect appetite, learning, memory, etc.

Prone to backache: Another obvious effect of long-term poor posture is that it is easy to suffer from backache. Because the spine and back are often under great pressure, the muscles will ache.