How to Protect Your Eyes and Brain in the Screen Age | Dr. Meenal Agarwal

Your kid can read the bottom line of the eye chart and still be lost in the real world. What if the meltdowns, the clumsiness, and the fear of driving aren't behavior at all, but a brain that has forgotten how to read space?

Dr. Meenal Agarwal, a board-certified optometrist with 20 years in practice. She is known for her book Stuck in a Flat World and her podcast Uncover Your Eyes. We talk about how screens rewire spatial awareness, what your eyes reveal about whole-body health, and how menopause affects vision. Your eyes can flag disease years before you feel a thing. Book a full eye exam, and give your brain more of the 3D world it was built for.

What we explore:

- Why screen time weakens spatial awareness and makes kids afraid to drive.

- How space, movement, and play calm an overwhelmed child.

- What an OCT eye scan reveals about stroke, heart, and brain health.

- Why menopause raises glaucoma risk and causes dry eyes.

- How rising myopia in kids increases retinal detachment risk.

Chapters:

00:00 How Screen Time Hurts Kids' Spatial Awareness and Development

09:28 How to Improve Your Child's Spatial Awareness: 3 Tips

20:34 What Your Eyes Reveal About Heart Disease and Stroke