Hi mom or dad, we know that as a parent you probably get asked a LOT of questions by your young and curious child about the world and everyday things such as ‘Why do we blink?’ that probably leaves you scratching your head. The web is a vast repository of information where you can find out things about pretty much anything and so we found a really cool article about Answers to Common Questions Parents Can’t Answer Their Kids that you’ll get a kick out of!

If your kid wants to know why we blink, here’s the answer:

 

The very front of your eye is made of an extremely sensitive see-through screen rather like the windscreen on your parents’ car.

It’s very important that it stays clean and moist so that you can see as well as possible.

So every ten or 20 seconds, your eyelids close, spreading a thin layer of tears over your eye which washes off any bits of dust or anything else that may have got into it, like a car’s windscreen wiper with squirty screen wash.

If we didn’t blink so much, we wouldn’t be able to see properly, so it’s lucky we do!

Dr Rob Hogan, president of the College of Optometrists

 

Check out the article as there are more questions with answers to get you prepared for when those questions come you’ll be ready!

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