Private advisory · Jake Steiner · 5 to 10 families at a time

Your child's glasses numbers keep climbing. There is a way to slow that down without drops or hard contact lenses.

Twenty years of work on how eyes respond to the way we use them. 423 published case records. A small number of families a year work directly with me, by voice note and a weekly log, on your family's own schedule.

One person watching your child's numbers with you, month after month, and telling you exactly what to change at home.

Apply for a placeHow it works
423published case records, 2013–2026
20years of the method
≤10families at a time
0drops, lenses or appointments

What the work is

Children's eyes grow toward the distance they are asked to look at.

A child who spends the day at 30 centimetres from a screen or a page, in glasses made for the far distance, is asking the eye to adapt to that. The numbers climb. The common answers today are a nightly drop, a hard lens worn overnight, or a stronger pair every year. Each one manages the number. None of them changes what the eye is being asked to do.

My work changes the ask: how far the child reads and plays, what glasses are worn for which task, how much real distance the day holds, and how the numbers are measured at home so you see the trend weeks before the next eye exam does. The parents I work with are the ones who do the measuring and the changing; I read the log and tell them what to adjust.

Week one

Your child's numbers

Current glasses, how fast they have changed, a week of home distance measurements, screen and daylight hours.

Each week

The log, my voice note

You send the week's numbers. I send back a short recorded directive: what to change, what to keep, what to watch.

Each quarter

The trend

Measured at home and checked against the next eye exam. The goal is a flat line, then a falling one, at about the pace eyes actually change.

Who this is for, and who it is not

For parents of children between 6 and 16 whose numbers have moved by half a diopter or more in the last year, who will measure at home and change the household's habits, and who want one accountable person rather than a forum. Not for parents looking for a quick fix, a device or a guarantee; eyes change at about one diopter a year at best, and nothing here replaces your child's regular eye exams.

Application

Eight questionsRead within three days · a place is offered or it isn't
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As on the latest glasses order, e.g. R −2.50, L −2.75.
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Typical distance from eyes to screen or book on a school day
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The engagement is twelve months, by voice note and weekly log. The fee ranges from $8,000 to $15,000 and up depending on complexity. Are you ready for that if a place is offered?
Nothing is charged by applying. Jake reads every application himself.