Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site harvard.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!think!harvard!albert From: albert@harvard.ARPA (David Albert) Newsgroups: net.med,net.kids,net.social Subject: Re: Changing Left-handedness to Right-handedness Message-ID: <301@harvard.ARPA> Date: Wed, 14-Aug-85 12:58:40 EDT Article-I.D.: harvard.301 Posted: Wed Aug 14 12:58:40 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 18-Aug-85 01:03:09 EDT References: <127@unc.unc.UUCP> <464@petrus.UUCP> Organization: Aiken Computation Laboratory, Harvard Lines: 19 Xref: watmath net.med:2049 net.kids:1656 net.social:885 > > ...Do any readers > > know of any psychological or social problems that can be caused > > by the attempt to change a child's "handedness"? How might this > > affect his learning ability in school, his aptitude for sports, > > and his social self-confidence? > > Frank Silbermann Changing, or attempting to change, a child's handedness is the priciple cause of childhood stuttering and similar speech impediments. Other problems that come up are writing defects, especially lousy handwriting, and a variety of unrelated problems including bedwetting. Why would anyone today try to force a child to be righthanded? I thought we had progressed beyond that stage. -- David Albert ihnp4!seismo!harvard!albert (albert@harvard.ARPA)