Would you tell them, or assume they knew...?

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A friend of a friend has a child with sticky out ears and her eyes dont look the same way... Friend wonders if parents know and are downplaying it or are completely oblivious?! She has asked me WWMND? (What would Mumsnet do?)

Of course you don't say anything. How ridiculous.

And in the UK there isn't necessarily a pre school eye test.

Neither of mine had any such eye test, and my son had a lot of problems due to his eyes which we spotted when he was three and had to seek medical help for.

An HV wouldn't spot it, as you only see the HV when they are very young and if your child doesn't regularly visit a GP, then no reason a GP would spot something either.

The parents surely are responsible for spotting and dealing and if it's that obvious, then perhaps they are already on the case! (I'm talking about the eyes here). Three is the crucial age to get eye treatment, much older and it gets hard to correct.

"The parents surely are responsible for spotting and dealing and if it's that obvious, then perhaps they are already on the case! (I'm talking about the eyes here). Three is the crucial age to get eye treatment, much older and it gets hard to correct."

But you still say it would be ridiculous to mention it?

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The parents surely are responsible for spotting and dealing and if it's that obvious, then perhaps they are already on the case

Then why are there parent's like me posting to say that we didn't spot it. I thought DS2 was a bit clumsy as he seemed to misjudge distances etc. It didn't occur to me that it was his eyesight even though DH is long sighted and it can run in families.