Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site petrus.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!epsilon!zeta!sabre!petrus!mwg From: mwg@petrus.UUCP (Mark Garrett) Newsgroups: net.med,net.kids,net.social Subject: Re: Changing Left-handedness to Right-handedness Message-ID: <464@petrus.UUCP> Date: Tue, 13-Aug-85 09:52:27 EDT Article-I.D.: petrus.464 Posted: Tue Aug 13 09:52:27 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 17-Aug-85 14:21:23 EDT References: <127@unc.unc.UUCP> Organization: Bell Communications Research, Inc Lines: 15 Xref: watmath net.med:2015 net.kids:1634 net.social:881 ++ > ...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 Back in the "old days" in this country, they taught children to be right handed. My father was born left-handed, and then re-trained. He now eats with his left hand, writes with his right, and claims that the attempt at righting his dexterity has ruined his sense of direction (which is lousy; mine is good). He is convinced that this is a usless if not harmful thing to do to children. -Mark Garrett