Parker uses his left hand for most things. I have never really cared if my child was left or right handed until I noticed Parker was left handed. I then began to think about the difficulties of it, like using scissors, right handed desks, writing letters, computer mouse etc. I then thought how I was going to incorporate a right handed program, like eating his cereal with his right hand, and teaching him to write with his right hand. After that concern left I thought, heck, who cares, he's in T-ville, he will love his left hand when it is time to play baseball.
~Clay
8 comments:
being a south paw isn't so bad - after a while, you get used to having ink on your hands from writing the "wrong way" ;)
Actually, everyone is born right-handed, only the truly gifted overcome it ...
I like you NM ;) I will definitely be using that material!!!
You never know...he could turn out to be cross-dominate (favors one hand for some tasks and the other hand for others) Or, he could be ambidextrous. Only time will tell! ;)
On a more serious note: Heard some interesting research findings-- Attempting to convert a child's handedness (right to left or vice versa) causes cerebral disturbances i.e, memory loss, difficulty concentrating, etc. SCARY!! The things they study these days...amazing.
I am cross-dominate. I throw right handed, write left handed and eat both handed (for speed).
Actually, I was told of some research (raise your eyebrow skeptically) that people who are cross-dominate likely had a traumatic childbirth and loss of oxygen to the brain for a period of time and thus the brain was "switching" handedness, but didn't complete it. Sounded kind of hokey to me, but who knows.
It does sound hokey, but I guess it would explain some stuff. LOL!!
This got me to thinking and so I looked up the reference on the Earth's source of all truth ... wikipedia. Here is the link for those interested:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handedness
Wow, that's interesting stuff....thanks for posting, Nate!
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