Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site pyuxii.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!pyuxww!pyuxii!tw8023 From: tw8023@pyuxii.UUCP (T Wheeler) Newsgroups: net.med,net.kids,net.social,net.legal Subject: Re: Changing Left-handedness to Right-handedness Message-ID: <208@pyuxii.UUCP> Date: Fri, 23-Aug-85 09:39:53 EDT Article-I.D.: pyuxii.208 Posted: Fri Aug 23 09:39:53 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 25-Aug-85 06:11:23 EDT References: <127@unc.unc.UUCP> <464@petrus.UUCP> <1149@teddy.UUCP> <761@brl-tgr.ARPA>, <363@ccice1.UUCP> Organization: Bell Communications Research, Piscataway N.J. Lines: 23 Xref: watmath net.med:2179 net.kids:1731 net.social:909 net.legal:2159 Just thought I would throw in my 2 cents. I have a 15 year old who bats left and eats right. He has trouble batting righty, but does everything else from the right just fine, except produce clear legible handwriting. We never encouraged the use of either hand. His 14 year old sister is a lefty in everything, but can do well from the right also. Their 8 year old brother is a righty. Don't know yet how he will bat from the left. When I was in the first grade, the kid next to me was a lefty and the teachers would hound him about using his right hand. I still remember the poor kid crying while he tried to write with his right hand. Even then I felt it was wrong to force him to change. I also remember the poor kid starting to stutter and drool whenever they would get on his case. In my opinion, noone should be forced to change handedness. If they are going to do it, it has to be on their own without outside pressure. I have known people who have done this on their own just to prove to themselves it could be done, but, they were older (over 18). So, mothers, don't let your son grow up to be a cowboy. (Oh, that's another subject.) Let your kids use whatever limb they wish. T. C. Wheeler