Comments on: Left handed children

By: Laura P. James

Laura P. James — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:34:50 +0000

Michelle, don’t make a big deal out of it. I learned to never put the pen/pencil in someone’s hand. Just lay it on the table and have them pick it up. Just encourage your child to adjust the paper for his own comfort. Talk to him about all the great people that are lefties..Notice our our great President Obama writes? It did not take away from his Hi IQ! Lefties are great thinkers, observers and just great people.. my brothers and sisters are….Laura

By: Laura P. James

Laura P. James — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:29:15 +0000

I am so blessed. I was raised in a home with a left-handed mother and she raised nine children, four of us are left-handed. We all sat on the four corners of the table. I continue to invite others into my left-handed world by designing left-handed greeting cards and brochures. So blessed. Laura/Brooklyn, N. Y.

By: Donna Carriker

Donna Carriker — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 14:34:18 +0000

When I was in the sixth grade the first grade teacher in our school had a left-handed student. She was having a very hard time teaching him how to write, so she “borrowed” me to come & show him how. After that the child did very well. (I slant my paper to the left & turn my hand upside down-my left-handed husband does neither.)

By: Donna Carriker

Donna Carriker — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 14:30:32 +0000

When I was in the sixth grade the first grade teacher in our school had a left-handed student. She was having a very hard time trying to teach him to write. She “borrowed” me to come & show him how. The child did very well after that.

By: Johnavon

Johnavon — Fri, 06 May 2011 17:52:11 +0000

Great common sense here. Wish Id tohhugt of that.

By: effy

effy — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 09:44:35 +0000

You are such an unsderstanding grandma, I am a lefty of a right-handed family, my parents and grandparents always try to correct my hand, especially my grandma, we chinese use chopsticks when we have meals, no one in my family wants to sit on my left side, every one feels uncomfortable when my chops beat his, I have to be very careful not to disturb the one who sit by my left.

By: Gliceria Ong

Gliceria Ong — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 21:25:46 +0000

I have a left hander 10 year-old granddaughter. She keeps saying writing is sometimes a hassle. So I would like to surprise her with a STABILLO roller pen for her birthday on Dec 10th.
Gliceria Ong(grandma)

By: Sandra Davis

Sandra Davis — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:52:21 +0000

By the way, Michelle. By trying to teach your son yourself, you are obsessing on his lefty ways. Don’t try to make him do what he cannot do at this age. As a former teacher, I have had experience with this. He needs confidence in himself more than he needs pretty penmanship.

By: Sandra Davis

Sandra Davis — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:50:34 +0000

Boys do not worry about their penmanship. Make it a challenge for him. Tell him that he needs to show that being a leftie doesn’t mean that he can’t write with pretty letters. But let him develop his style without criticism. He needs to feel confident in his leftieness. He will do better when he is older and is consciencous of the need for better handwriting. Or, he may become a doctor.

By: Sandra Davis

Sandra Davis — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:47:18 +0000

Toni, my second grade teacher always turned my paper to the right, but when she left my desk, I turned it to the left. This was my comfortable way. It has not caused me problems, and I still do it that way. I also curve my hand, and when people see me write, they comment on it. It is not uncomfortable for me and I have beautiful penmanship. I say let a child determine his/her own way. Each child will be better off if left alone.