Explain to my son that it’s safe for your eyes to play soccer during sunsets.

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My ten years old got into soccer recently and he’s getting good at it, except, he has this paranoia that he’ll get blind (or will have severe eye damage) if he traces the ball through the air against a sunny backdrop. Because of this he won’t practice in the evening and this is when most training happens.

We had an eclipse recently and I think he took the “don’t look at the sun” mantra way too far and I don’t know how to undo that.

Please help!!!

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I have been doing this, precisely this, ~1-3 games per week, from when the snow melts until it snows again, for about 15 years. Just had an eye check up and my prescription still has not changed in that time.

Don’t tell him this, but it’s the knees, ankles, and hips he should be worrying about before his eyes…

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