After cataract surgery your doctor will prescribe your child glasses. Depending on whether a lens was implanted in the eyes or not your child may have a low or a high power. The decision whether to implant the lens or not is made by your child’s eye doctor depending on the age of your child. Your doctor may also prescribe contact lenses for your child. This is usually done if the power of the glasses is high and therefore contact lenses become a better option Very young children too can wear contact lenses so please do not get worried on how your child will wear contact lenses. Your optometrist will educate you as to how to make your child wear the lenses If your child has amblyopia (laze eye), he or she may also require patching of the better eye to stimulate the weaker eye.