home page	LONG SIGHT AND SQUINT A person who is short-sighted can only see things a short distance away but not in the far distance. Conversely, some-one who is long-sighted can see things a long distance away but not easily close up. An eye that is long-sighted is slightly too short for the focussing power of the front of the eye, and in order to obtain a clear image has to exert focussing power to see things clearly even when they are in the distance. This contrasts with a normal eye where no focussing is required to see distant objects clearly. Thus a child who is long-sighted will have to exert focussing power all the time and particularly for near, and because focussing and convergence are linked, the child may well end up over converging or converging all the time which produces the condition we call squint.