Whether the fact that my windows had fogging stickers on them had
anything to do with my myopia, the eye doctors do not care.  If four
inches of focal distance is the result of "treatment" which is horribly
administered to young children by eye doctors, then there is something
seriously wrong with the world.  If four inches of focusing power was
genetic, then I really should commit suicide, and so should anyone else
with vision this bad.  Yes, this is what full correction has done to
me.

I am so thankful that I was not undercorrected or had to go without
glasses, or my vision would be oh so much worse.  If you can't tell,
I'm being sarcastic, my vision is so damn bad I probably couldn't tell
the difference if my vision got worse with my glasses off.

So while it has been shown that undercorrecting has done some damage,
(which I'm not sure that I believe because the difference was only .2
diopters and the data might have been biased and most importantly the
children were not informed about "alternative methods"), full
correction has done a horrible amount of damage to me.  But why should
I worry, this was all "genetic".

Well I really haven't gotten a chance to read the literature on the
causes of myopia, but from my experience, diseases/disorders rarely
have a single cause (i.e., just genetics, or just environment).  There
is often an interaction between the two.  I'll take a simple example:
phenylketonuria.  In this genetic disorder, individuals are unable to
break down the amino acid phenylalanine (which is found in meat, dairy
products, etc.).  Instead, the phenylalanine is converted into other
chemicals, which accumulate in the blood and interfere with the
development of brain cells, leading mental retardation.  IF HOWEVER, it
is detected early enough and treated nutritionally (i.e., no
phenylalanine), individuals can develop normally.  In this case, if you
change the environment, you change the outcome of the disease.
Similarly, if you don't have the genes for phenylketonuria, no matter
how much phenylalanine is in your diet, you will not see the
manifestations of the disorder.

One model that describes the interaction between (multiple) genes in
the environment is called the diathesis-stress model.  According to
this model, individuals inherit TENDENCIES to express certain traits or
behaviours, which may then be activated under conditions of stress
(i.e., the environment).  In other words, you inherit a vulnerability
to develop a certain disorder.  The greater your vulnerability, the
less stress is required to develop the disorder.  So let's just
assume for the moment that an environment that involves a lot of close
work is required for the development of myopia.  The greater your
vulnerability (which is inherited), the less close work (environment)
is required for the development and progression of myopia.  If you have
no vulnerability at all, no matter how much close work you do, you will
not become myopic.  My mother read constantly when she was a child.
She developed myopia at age 10 and her Rx stabilized at ~ -2.00 D
shortly thereafter.  I got my first pair glasses when I was 5.  I'm
21 and my Rx is still increasing.

Anyway, that was simply an attempt by me to convey to you that things
are rarely as simple as they seem.  Blaming your parents (or anyone
else) for the state of your eyes is rather pointless.  If there were a
treatment proven to be safe and effective, it would have been
implemented.  Unfortunately, finding a practical solution to the
problem is not as easy as it seems.  For example, I know of one study
in particular that found atropine slowed the progression of myopia.
Should everyone then jump on the atropine wagon?  Why not, right?!  But
wait, what are the effects of atropine on a developing eye?  And hey,
what about quality of life?

Many people claim to know all of the answers.  Let's take an example:
growth hormone.  There are TONS of websites out there that claim if
you take EXOGENOUS growth hormone you will become taller, your body
mass will decrease etc.  Anyone who knows anything about the nature of
GH knows that this is impossible (it cannot enter your bloodstream).
Ingesting GH exogenously is no different than eating food with high
protein content. =)  Interestingly, ENDOGENOUS growth hormone can
increase height in (young) adults because their vertebral column has
not yet fused.  Sadly, people get conned into buying these products
anyway.

It's okay to have your own opinion, but make sure you know the facts.
It's easy to derive conclusions from your own observations (or from
random internet websites which claim to know all of the answers), but
these conclusions are often false.  If you want to learn more about the
nature of myopia, try reading some (peer reviewed) scientific journal
articles, and read them with an open mind.  If you dismiss every piece
of evidence that goes against your personal beliefs, you won't learn
anything.