Do left handed children find it harder to learn to write?

Question

Than right handed ones?

Answer 1

No i didn`t....

Answer 2

I didn't.. Although there is one boy from my primary school who apparently had to change school because I was making his life hell by being left-handed and sitting on his right side. Why his mother couldn't have just asked to swap our places I don't know!

I don't write hooked. I don't know how left-handed people do. It doesn't feel natural for me. I write with my hand in the same position as any normal right-handed person. I write with the paper virtually at horizontal though.!

The only time it was ever an issue was when I was about 10, and my teacher wrenched my arm and hand into a position that was acceptable for her. She left a bruise on my elbow :-s

Answer 3

I am left-handed, and never found it difficult to write, and my handwriting (when I take care) is of calligraphic quality. At school, I was taught to write using pen and ink, and there were dedicated hours (usually on Friday afternoons) to pen and ink dictation exercises. These were, at first anyway, pens without reservoirs, so dipping was required after every word or two. Later, when we had pens with reservoir clips, writing could continue for several sentences without dipping.

There was never any attempt to make me write with my right hand at school (they would have had to deal with my mother, also a sinistral, and that would not have been a prospect to anticipate with relish). I can write easily with my right hand too, though it simply tires more quickly, but at least it means I can scribble or write with whatever hand is free at the time. As a left-hander, I can write backwards and upside down as freely as in the orthodox direction.

I don't think penmanship is taught these days. Neither, I guess, is the art of letter-writing. In several ways, this is a pity, as it's a skill worth having, and a properly hand-written letter is so much more of a pleasure to receive than something that has been typed. It becomes imbued with the personality of the writer.

Answer 4

No, I didn't unless you sit on the right side of a right hander, then it can be a problem. I also have 2 left handed children and they had no problem learning to write, they didn't write their letters backward like some people think and left-handedness is not even noticed in todays society as different.

Answer 5

I really don't know but I have 6 children and my middle child is left handed and has a much lower reading and writing age than her younger siblings.And she does happen to be the only left handed in the family...so maybe it's correct to assume.

Answer 6

No, I don't think so. Left-handed children tend to use their right brain more which makes them more creative and innovative. There should be no difficulty at all for them to learn to write unless they are being forced to use their right hand instead of their left.

Answer 7

Im left handed and started writing at 2 years old, the only problem was i used to do my e's back to front, but not for long.

Answer 8

You will see from the responses here that left handers do not perceive themselves as having found it harder to learn to write. The few people who are taking a more objective view will tell you they perecive a difference and that the left handers are 'handicapped' by writing across their own work rather than writing away from it (right handers).

Answer 9

No they don't but life in a right handed world for them can be difficulf. Like anything else tho, they learn at an early age to adapt. Worst thing to do is to try to change them to right handed. You'll have a battle on your hands then.

Answer 10

Yes. The problem is a purely practical one. Our system of writing left to right is designed for right handed people. If you're left handed, you can't see what you've written unless you come up with a very uncomfortable method of holding the pen. It's much easier for left handed people to write right to left.

I'm ambidextrous. I can write left to right with my right hand and right to left with my left hand.

Answer 11

I can't rememebr learning how to write but am assuming I didn't find it hard. I am ambidextrous.

It's not true that left handed people have the worse handwriting. True my isn't perfect but I know a lot of righthanded people and their writing is much worse than mine. You either have neat writing or not it's down to the individual.