Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 (Tek) 9/28/84 based on 9/17/84; site orca.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!orca!andrew From: andrew@orca.UUCP (Andrew Klossner) Newsgroups: net.med,net.kids,net.social Subject: Re: Changing Left-handedness to Right-handedness Message-ID: <1666@orca.UUCP> Date: Thu, 15-Aug-85 15:17:41 EDT Article-I.D.: orca.1666 Posted: Thu Aug 15 15:17:41 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 19-Aug-85 07:38:58 EDT References: <127@unc.unc.UUCP> Organization: Tektronix, Wilsonville OR Lines: 9 Xref: watmath net.med:2069 net.kids:1665 net.social:889 DON'T try to change the handedness of your children! Such attempts have been implicated in reading disorders such as dyslexia and in decreased coordination and manual dexterity. It's been eight years since my last psych class, so the details are hazy, but it has been firmly established that trying to change handedness is a very bad thing to do to a kid. -=- Andrew Klossner (decvax!tektronix!orca!andrew) [UUCP] (orca!andrew.tektronix@csnet-relay) [ARPA]