Are you a Righty or a Lefty?

I am a righty, and it turns out, my 2 year-old daughter is one as well. But it's far too early to judge which of your son's hands will be dominant. Children don't consistently let us know if they're righties or lefties until they're 2-3 years old.

That's when you can start watching for a regular pattern in their hand use. And try not to worry even then, some kids can remain ambidextrous through age 5-6! But they will eventually pick a hand.It's waaaay too early to be concerned about which hand he's favoring.

Now, as for your influence on that hand - yes, genetics play a factor in dominant handedness (now I'm just making up phrases, aren't I? ). So it's going to be a real toss up as to which hand your son ends up using.

HOWEVER, it is not a good idea to try and influence which hand is dominant. As the article below points out, this selection is already hard-wired into his brain and could not/should not be retrained. Allow him to do what comes naturally, and he'll be a happy, healthy boy.

Based on certain research 'ambidextrous' people - or those who are able to use both hands with ease or equal aptitude - may have developed this ability because of being discouraged when using their dominant hand. (Or perhaps an accident caused the dominant hand to be less functional). capitalhealth.ca/EspeciallyFor/OTOnHand/... It's too soon to know which hand will be your child's dominant side, however, hand dominance is at least in part genetically determined.

It is part of who you are - your whole brain, and body and it's certainly a good idea as parents (and educators) to work with a person's strengths versus against them.

Well, when I was still at home. My brother was an ambidextrous person to. So my parents tought him to use both.

But lately, he's been using his right hand alot more. When he was a kid, he used his left hand 30% more than his right hand. So just to let you know kids can change.

You make it seem like being a 'lefty' is a bad thing. I am a full lefty, and am not hindered by that at all. Trying to correct a lefty to be right-handed is quite old-fashioned, and counter-productive.

My own mother has a very bad handwriting, because she was corrected to write right-handed.

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