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From: albert@harvard.ARPA (David Albert)
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Subject: Re: Changing Left-handedness to Right-handedness
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Date: Wed, 14-Aug-85 12:58:40 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug 14 12:58:40 1985
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> > 						...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)