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I use a 24-inch curved monitor, with a distance of 20 inches between my eyes and the monitor. I do not play games on my phone. I was in second grade when I got my first pair of glasses.

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Sounds like a great gaming setup! I’ve given you some articles to read about the possibility of myopia being linked with video gaming. But it can also genetic and from any close up work we do. Some people never have issues.

I’ve had glasses since 2nd grade as well. I’m much older than you are and went all the way through my education without a computer. Yes, I’m ‘that’ old.
But where I’m going with this, is that I’m seriously near-sighted too and that was with no gaming exposure. I am a very avid reader, artist and do a lot of ‘near-work’. I can tell when I’m overworked because my eyes are fatigued and if I look up, my vision is blurry.

However my eye doctors throughout my life have encouraged me with the same advice as you mentioned in your previous reply with the 20/20 rule. If I follow that, I don’t have the eye fatigue or blurry vision. My eyes leveled out around the age of 20 and then have actually improved as I age even though I still spend time reading and on the laptop.

To me it sounds as though you’re mindful of the situation and hopefully can strike some accord with your parents so that you don’t have to totally give up gaming. Myopia can happen with or without computer exposure. But some caution needs to be exercised with not spending too much time at the screen.

The best source would be your eye doctor. Have you asked them?