Frequently asked questions: My child's eyes cross without their glasses, are the glasses making their eyes worse?

This is one of the questions that comes up very often in the Little Four Eyes facebook group.  The question usually reads something like this: My child just started wearing glasses a few weeks ago for farsightedness.  Before getting glasses, we noticed that her eyes would cross, but only occasionally.  When her glasses are on,…

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