Left-Handedness - Help!!!

[English Lady]

I'm a left hander too and os is my dughter, she's always used her left to draw and to write and to eat, and she's still donig so at nearly four

I say can you make the string longer? if theres more of it, maybe it'll be easier to pool it to the side of the thing and it won't be so tight over the pad, so she can draw a bit easier? I don't know, it's the only other idea I can think of.

I do most things left handed, except I use m knife and fork right handed, not my spoon though. I can use left handed scissors, but after many years of having to make do with right handed ones, I can only just use'em *L*

I adapted,I'm sure anyone who's left handed does, I've seen left handers writing in all kinds of weird ways to see what they're writing, but yeah, mostly look out for the smudging! I know it's something that happens to my little girl alot *L*

 

[The_Darkness]

My brother's left handed....they tried to make him right handed at school, he refused, and they tried to tell our folks that he had a learning disability. Personally, I never really considered him being a perfectionist to a fault and having 155 IQ a disability....

But I digress.

They'll just have to learn. The world is designed for righties, for the most part. Everyone in here has some good advice, but the best I can give is to either put that string-tied magnetic thingie on the otherside of the magna doodle or just turn it upside down....and that's all been said.

If you're uncomfortable with the drill, try superglue or epoxy. If it comes right down to it, never underestimate duct tape.

 

[sweetnpetite]

Just keep in mind that when she's using paints and markers that she's going to have a tendancy to rub the side of her left hand thru whatever she just wrote and will constantly have a smudge on the side of her hand.

A lot of lefties "hook" there hand over (I don't see how this helps with your arm) to keep from dragging across what they are writing. I never did this.

I turn the paper and write toward myself. I wasn't even aware that I did it until some kids started laughing about it in middle school. I still can't sign my name if the paper goes straight across. Maybe that sideways writing is why I have such an easy time reading things upside down compared to most people.

Most of the time i don't even think about being left handed or the things I do to compensate. It's less of a handicap than being under 5ft tall. Sometimes I forget, but most of the time I'm very aware of how short I am.

 

[sweetnpetite]

Turning it upside will work when she's old enough to understand what the hell we're doing.

I don't understand why she needs to understand what your doing. Just show her. If she sees that it's easier, she should be happy to draw with it 'upside down' (does it really matter which side is the top?)

IF she doesn't want to do it the easy way and insists on doing it the 'right way'- I think it would be better to let her get frustrated than to rebuild the entire thing. It sounds harsh but all kids need to learn to deal with frustration, especially left handed ones.

My daughter is also left handed and smart as a whip. Most things come so easily to her that she just has very little expereince at being frustrated. But now and then, something comes up (like flying a kite) that she has a hard time dealing with- and she is inclined to give up too easily.

The best advice may be to do nothing and wait for your daughter to figure out turning it upside down on her own.

 

[Dar~]

there are mnority scholarships for college and summer camps and such for left handers also. Be on the look out, there are a lot of Bennies to being wierd