Left Hander- how to correct?

[3Boys]

I am a lefty, as is my Dad, and my eldest boy. Leave it be lah! Left handers have a natural advantage when it comes to racquet games, ask the tennis players out there how they feel when the meet a lefty (I hate playing lefties even though I am one myself). Remember the dynamic badminton duo of the nineties for China, Yang Yang and Zhao Jianhua? Both lefties .


Life is good as a lefty, I luurve it.....

[3Boys]

concern2:

Hi JHJC,


Ok, my husband's point of view is the inconvenience it will bring, esp. when he has to do NS, difficulty aiming with rifle. My opinion is, no need to correct, but I respect my husband's point of view, so instead of forcing our son to use his right hand in everything, we encourage him to use his right hand MORE OFTEN. How? Learning to play the piano is one of them, and certainly violin/harp/violin needs 2 hands to coordinate. This way, he's exercising both sides of his brain.

In case you are wondering whether my son plays any musical instrument? Well, I tried, but he wasn't interested, so we got into Abacus from CMA instead (use 2 hands)!!! :lol:

No problem with NS lah. Rifle can be used both sides, I was unit marksman shooting left-handed with an M16.

[metz]

Both my kids are lefties too. The strange thing is both of us are right-handed. But that has never been a problem cos I never have to physically guide them to write, cut etc. The only thing I watch out for is the posture of their hands and wrists when they write. Currently, they are attending Kids Art which emphasizes a lot on fundamental drawing techniques. Recently, the teacher corrected their pencil grips to enable them to print darker lines on paper.


When my ds was just 2.5 year old, I conceived a devious plan to change his hand preference - got him to pick up green beans from a mixture of red & green beans with the right hand. We never went beyond the first trial. Simply too torturous for him and me.

[concern2]

Bravo, Deminc! I never knew there’s a Left-handed day! Wait till I tell my husband about this…

[chuanchuan]

I use my left hand for writing only.... Chopsticks, computer mouse, scissor , rackets etc all used my right hand.....

I find it very useful, I can eat and write at the same time
I can write and use the mouse at the same time, very useful.

[csc]

My son is a leftie too. I have no intention to correct him since young. In fact, I tell him he’s special and a lot of talented and brilliant people are lefties too.


It has never been a handicap - he writes fast and rather neatly. Now, I suspect that he was selected for the school tennis team due to the fact that he’s a leftie.

The only difficulty he has is when he is using the scissors - he can never cut as neatly and straight as his sis and for me, to sit with him during extended family gatherings at the crowded dining table is 'troublesome"…

[mmpiglet]

I sent my k2 son for a diagnostic assessment and was told he is left dominant. I was told to encourage him to write with his left hand. He is writing with his right hand and his handwriting is horrible.


Should I encourage him to write with his left hand even if he is comfortable writing with his right hand ?

[taslyn]

my brother and i are lefties - but we only write with our left while playing games and the rest with our right hand…


i have no problem using scissors, or holding chopsticks with my right hand…

there is not such thing as LEfties have untidy handwriting, right handed pple have untidy handwriting too… the only irritating part is that sometimes my hand gets stained by the ink which has not dried…

i read an article somewhere before which mentioned that it is good for boys to be lefties but not so good for gers - boys get very far ahead in life being lefties while gers lag behind…

[csc]

[quote]the only irritating part is that sometimes my hand gets stained by the ink which has not dried...
[/quote]That's true for my boy. That's why he uses ballpoint pen instead of those \"gel\" pens which smudge.

[mathsparks]

taslyn:

i read an article somewhere before which mentioned that it is good for boys to be lefties but not so good for gers - boys get very far ahead in life being lefties while gers lag behind...

Just to reassure female lefties; I've at least 2 female colleagues who are lefties and very brilliant in their field of work....plus some of my female uni-mates are lefties too.