Left hand or right hand?

[concern2]

jenao:

Looks like left hander can write with both right and left hand. I will let her

explore whichever hand she is comfortable with at the moment since she is just
starting out to write. She seems to be using a lot more left but sometimes
right too. Spoken to the teachers and they too agree that she can write with
any hand that she is comfortable with. They will also observe her and let me
know which hand she prefers. She did leave a note to inform me that when they
ask dd which hand is for writing, she pointed to right but when observed, she
uses both left and right!

Jenao, I think being ambidextrous is really cool! :imcool:

[Atan]

I am left handed too. Similar to Jade, I was forced to write with my right hand fm kindergarten but other than writing, almost everything else is with my deominant left hand, such as holding chopsticks, playing games,etc.. There are somethings that I can do with both hands :evil: , such as coloring, drawing lines/technical drawing (with right hand holding d ruler), ironing... I am not sure if this was due to the use of right hand instead of my natural left from young.

[Imami]

cherrygal:

There is a research study that says lefties may not be able to fully develop their brain potential if they are forced to become right-handers. Advice from the researchers was to let them use their natural hands. Lefties are smart and creative pple. Only drawback is they may do the writing strokes differently and they drag their hands when they write.

Yes indeed. By all means introduce the child to use the alternate hand to write/eat etc but don't force.

I was a natural leftie but forced to use my right hand. Somehow, I don't learn things the usual way. One example is I always like to read from the back of the book/newspapers/mags to the first page. Don't get me wrong, I don't read reverse but I just like to start from last chapters/pages. Now, I write/use chop sticks with right hand but my left hand has faster reflex and stronger muscles.

[Imami]

Now my child didn’t display any dominance in either hands until 3. He was equally comfortable writing and doing everything else with either hand but we noted how his right hand seems to be a little stronger than the left. I was happy to see that he switches the pencil with ease from one hand to another while doing his worksheets.

[Insworld]

I am left-handed. I do everything with my left hand except when I am using the computer mouse. Never had much issues except when I wanted to learn Chinese calligraphy, the strokes were a little difficult to master for a leftie.


I have heard of stories where some children started stuttering when they were forced to switch from left-hand to right-hand for writing.

- M