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Guilt-Free Sleep: Do Nightlights Actually Ruin Your Child’s Vision?

Guilt-Free Sleep: Do Nightlights Actually Ruin Your Child’s Vision?

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 In this reassuring episode, pediatric ophthalmologist and mom of three Dr. Rupa Wong takes on a headline that has scared parents for decades: do night lights actually ruin your child’s vision? She walks through how one old study spread fear, what newer research really shows, and why a tiny glow in your child’s room is not the villain it’s been made out to be. This conversation is about calm, guilt‑free choices around sleep, light, and eye health—not perfection or panic. Key Topics: 1. How One Study Turned Night Lights into the “Bad Guy” - How a single 1990s paper exploded into TV segments, magazine stories, and parenting panic. - Why numbers like “55% chance of needing glasses” sounded so terrifying out of context. - How this fear feeds into the everyday “I’m messing up my kid” feeling so many parents carry. 2. What the Science Forgot: Genetics, Memory, and Real‑World Families - How studying kids already at eye clinics can quietly skew the results. - Why asking tired parents to remember tiny details from years ago isn’t solid data. - How mixing up “what comes first”—parents’ vision vs. the night light—changes the whole story. 3. New Research, Same Question: Is the Night Light Really to Blame? - What happened when larger, more carefully designed studies tried to repeat the old results. - How checking eye growth directly (not just using surveys) gives a clearer picture. - Why, when you line up several modern studies, the scary night‑light story just doesn’t hold. 4. A Calm, Practical Guide to Light, Sleep, and Your Child’s Eyes - Simple rules of thumb for choosing a night light that supports sleep instead of fighting it. - How timing and brightness of light (especially right after falling asleep or before waking) may matter more than whether there’s a glow at all. - Everyday habits—like outdoor time and screen breaks—that do far more for protecting your child’s vision than tossing every night light in the house. Want to receive my newsletter? Join our community of health-conscious parents and all-around eye enthusiasts! https://www.drrupawong.com/sign-up If you haven’t already, please rate, review, and follow the podcast to be notified of new episodes every Wednesday. Plus, be sure to follow along on Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠@drrupawong,⁠⁠⁠⁠ check out Rupa’s YouTube channel Dr. Rupa Wong⁠⁠⁠⁠, and if you're interested in becoming a patient, check out ⁠⁠⁠⁠Honolulu Eye Clinic. Join the Learn at Pinnacle app ⁠to earn FREE CE Credit for listening to this episode! This episode is brought to you by ⁠The Pinnacle Podcast Network⁠! Learn more about Pinnacle at http://learnatpinnacle.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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