Question: Are babies usually born myopic or hyperopic?

Answer: Babies are usually born hyperopic (far-sighted)… meaning that their eyes are small and images naturally want to focus BEHIND the eyeball.

However, young children also have the ability to accomodate (force their natural lens to get rounder and thus more powerful) which pulls the image forward to focus on the retina.

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