Hello everyone, people around me have been saying that my 1 year old son is a 'lefty'. Though i have keenly observed that he does practically everything from picking up objects to waving goodbye with his left hand.

I don't believe he is a 'lefty' because i feel its because he sees me and others use our right hand alot which to him may be left when he is facing opposite me or anyone.
Besides no one uses left hand in my family and am certain its same in his birth father too so i keep wondering where he got it from.

I do not like it and want to correct and stop it.

Someone said that it cannot be corrected because he was born that way. I totally disagree.

If anyone of you has experienced such in your kid and was able to correct it, how did you do it?

Why would you want to correct it? Is it a problem? 'Demonic' perhaps? As for the issue of its never been in the family, just remember that nobody had ever being the president in either lineages of Barack Obama's parents. #just saying.

Uses of left hand is a habit formed by children while growing up, the only way to correct it is always
Be watchful in all they use the hands to do,like eating,waving maybe writing as case maybe.it's not hereditary or genetic inheritance,just correct the child anytime He or she makes an attempt of using the left hand.

Is there anything wrong with that?
You will only end up confusing the child

Abbey2sam: Is there anything wrong with that?
You will only end up confusing the child

And make him ambidextrous. Lol

Leave the child alone....nothing wrong in using left

@ fresh dude and co, its not demonic. I just do not like my son using his left hand instead of the normal right. Its odd to me. And if its a habit that can be stopped, i should be able to make efforts to correct it not just sit down and say, 'its the way its mearnt to be'.

@kenneth, thanks. You made a valid point there.

"Correct"? Ur making it sound like a problem that needs correction. It is NOT!

@ OP
What's wrong in him using a left hand, Barrack Obama is a lefty and today he is a president, did hie using his left hand disturb that.
Let the child be free to use the hand S/He is convineint with.

PrettyCindy: I just do not like my son using his left hand instead of the normal right. Its odd to me.

OP, why make it about yourself.i dont mean to be harsh but u sound selfish about this.the boy in question has a choice too,pls just let him be,infact attempting to change him might have more psychological effects than you think.besides theres nothing wrong with 'leftys',if anything they stand out in the crowd which is quite good.

You people keep mentioning Barrack Obama. I no fit laugh abeg. So if he is a lefty nko? Abegi......

I didnt say its a problem because it is not. Its a habit learnt from toddler years. I will make efforts and teach him how to use his right hand like Kenneth said.

Pls, dont confuse d kid further, there is enough confusion in life already, this one is not so serious as to cause further confuse d innocent kid.

On a serious note, since its not evil, i dont see any reason in changing it. I have even noticed that many of those who write with their left hand write more eligibly better than some right hand writer. Also, i have noticed that many of them are "brilliantly intelligent".
I will even love one or more of my kids to be "lefty" but im unlucky to have one....better keep on encouraging d kid instead of causing confusion.

@OP Why dont you just google the subject of left handed people...there is enough information out there to educate you on the subject and you would realize that it is a perfectly natural thing...the kid is wired that way...its only certain cultures that teach you that it is 'taboo' etc, but its not. Neither is it a habit. It is a function of how the neural pathways in the child's brain are configured from birth...tampering with it is not advisable...some of the greatest people the earth has known are 'southpaws' as they are called...

Bluestream: @OP Why dont you just google the subject of left handed people...there is enough information out there to educate you on the subject and you would realize that it is a perfectly natural thing...the kid is wired that way...its only certain cultures that teach you that it is 'taboo' etc, but its not. Neither is it a habit. It is a function of how the neural pathways in the child's brain are configured from birth...tampering with it is not advisable...some of the greatest people the earth has known are 'southpaws' as they are called...

Appreciated. Will google it and learn more about it.

Let Me get this straight Cinderella, it's not a problem but you want to fix it anyway?

@chaircover, please read through my post again. I never said my son is odd.

@op, ur ancestors no get email ni ? Abeg ask dem

OP, you are just creating problem where there is non...

chaircover: That is what you said!!!!!

lol. Its ok

2sexy: OP, you are just creating problem where there is non...

Says who? You? She's only looking out for her son's best interests. Would you to have an odd child?

and i'm here praying my daughter is left handed - na wah for people and their non problems

my first child is left handed and my second it right handed. The second is copying everything the first does and it is just funny watching her try to play games with her left hand instead of her natural right.

OP, you need Satanic deliverance.

Please leave the young man alone. In my friends family of 5 they re all lefty, her mum tried to stop the first born from using left this affected him a lot she had to leave after a while. She writes with both hands but the trauma he went through wasn't it.
Don't try it. Let nature take its course.

PrettyCindy: You people keep mentioning Barrack Obama. I no fit laugh abeg. So if he is a lefty nko? Abegi......

I didnt say its a problem because it is not. Its a habit learnt from toddler years. I will make efforts and teach him how to use his right hand like Kenneth said.

Left handedness is not a habit. It is as a result of how his brain functions. The same way it would be weird to try to force you to become left handed is the way it would feel for you to force him to switch to his right hand. You can teach him to shake people right handed and use his right hand to fit into cultural norms if you must but why not leave him alone otherwise?

advocate666: my first child is left handed and my second it right handed. The second is copying everything the first does and it is just funny watching her try to play games with her left hand instead of her natural right.

OP, you need Satanic deliverance.

Aren't you taking it a bit far. You are an idiot for saying that i need satanic deliverance. You are the one who needs all kinds of deliverance.

@all. Its ok. I have read all your comments and now understand its not odd like i thought that a child is left handed. No one is an island of knowledge and we are learning each day.


I will let him be but will teach him (if he turns out to be lefty fully) to shake hands, eat and take something from people with right .
Thanks for your contributions.

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Gross motor skills development ( hands function) is controlled by the brain .... So it's not a habit OP..., that's just the way your genius is...

he might change if you want but I don't think it's a good idea .....cos that's what the Early childhood Educator does ( without tampering with kids nature but only guide them to perfection ) .... Let the child grow Naturally please.

PrettyCindy: THREAD CLOSED.

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