UV protection and children

This is great information found on the Transitions website. They have a website specifically geared towards children, with fun activities.

Children’s eyes are naturally more sensitive to environmental factors that can be damaging to their eyes:

The average child receives three times the annual UV exposure than an adult.
The lens of the eye of a child under age 10 allows more than six times the amount of UV radiation to penetrate than an adult’s eye.
When you protect the skin around your eyes—and everywhere else—during the first 18 years of your life, the risk of cancer is likely to be reduced by 50%. This means that in addition to regular eye exams, you should make sure your children’s eyes and skin are protected from UV rays whenever they are outside—protect your children’s eyes from the sun with UV-blocking lenses, such as Transitions lenses, wide-brimmed hats covering the eyes, ears, face and neck, and sunscreen.