
The Eyes of March
Guest blogger, Dr. Paul Colbourne of Bristow Eye Care, is here to talk about how screen time can effect you and your loved ones eyes. As a practicing Doctor of Optometry I am constantly asked by parents if screen time is bad for their kids eyes? Well...here are the facts. 94% of U.S. households have access to a computer that is connected to the internet. The average time spent for an 8-18 year on using a digital device is 7.4 hours a day. Kids in grades 7 through 12 reported

Our National Day of Unplugging Challenge to You: Dinner Party!
National days are great. They give us the opportunity to focus on one important thing for 24 whole hours! While my favorite one, of course, is all about chocolate (but let's not go there), I was thrilled to find out that Friday, March 9 is 2018’s National Day of Unplugging! That's right. Unplugging is actually 'a thing.' And the National Day of Unplugging is a perfect time to challenge ourselves to do just that. Think, turn it off, shut it down, put it on silent, close it out