Should a left-handed baby be corrected? Will it really make him smarter?

We always meet left-handed people in life. At present, left-handedness is congenital, and parents should not deliberately correct it. Everything should be left to nature. Of course, what parents are most concerned about is whether left-handed babies are really smarter?

Is it okay for a baby to be left-handed?

This is not uncommon, and usually happens when children start to practice holding a spoon or writing with a pen. In the past, misconceptions often led to children being corrected and scolded if they used their left hand to hold chopsticks or play with toys, because the elders often believed that using the left hand indicated poor upbringing.

When elders see that a child is left-handed, many of them would like to correct the child to become right-handed out of good intentions. However, demanding too much from the child to correct may cause stress and lead to negative behaviors such as anxiety, stuttering, and timidity.

In addition to holding things, the second problem parents encounter when teaching children to write is that left-handed children have different strokes when turning pages and writing. For the same stroke, right-handed children draw from left to right, but left-handed children draw from right to left.

If the strokes are required to be the same, left-handed children have to write them in a push-up manner, which makes the characters invisible and affects the beauty and writing of the characters. In addition, there are many compound characters, such as the character for mother. Generally, parents may teach their children to write the female radical first and then the horse radical, but left-handed children will find it difficult to write in the wrong order.

Should I correct my baby's left-handedness?

The dominant hand appears at about two years old. Parents can observe which hand the child uses to pick up the toy first when playing with it, which hand the child uses to receive food, or which hand the child reaches out first when crawling. These can determine whether the child's dominant hand has been fixed.

However, such habits cannot be arranged artificially. They can only be decided naturally when the brain develops. It is recommended that parents let nature take its course and never force the issue or go to extremes!

It is recommended to observe the degree to which the child's dominant hand is determined and the attitude of the elders in the family towards change. If the dominant hand has not yet been determined, you can communicate with the elders and discuss whether to change the child's handedness.

Is a left-handed baby smart?

It is important to know that many left-handed children often have unexpected gains in schoolwork or other performances. In sports ball games, they are often able to hit the ball that the opponent cannot defend because of their special hand habits.

In addition, there is no difference in intelligence and talent development for left-handed people. Many past presidents of the United States, including the current Obama, are left-handed.

It is not difficult to find many daily necessities designed specifically for left-handed people on the market, such as scissors, pens, cutlery, and even writing exercise books. You may wish to refer to them so that your children can complete simple daily chores more smoothly.

The child's dominant hand should be left to nature, and it is not recommended to change it deliberately. When the mother observes the child's dominant hand, she should encourage the child to use the dominant hand more often, which can enhance the child's ability to use the brain.

On the contrary, if a child is over three years old but still has no dominant hand, there may be a problem with sensory integration. It is important to go for a check-up as soon as possible so that the child’s future life will be smoother!