Almost every left-hander has some history of blood and tears: from an early age, he was "corrected" by his parents to eat with his right hand, forced to write with his right hand... So, the child is left-handed, should it be corrected?
Reasons for babies being left-handed
1. Genetic factors
Much of what determines whether a person is "left-handed" or "right-handed" comes in large part from genetics. In other words, the genes inherited from our parents determine our habits of using our hands. If one of the parents is left-handed, the probability of the baby being left-handed is 17%, and if both parents are left-handed, then the probability of the baby's left-handed is 50%!
2. Brain development
The human brain is divided into left brain and right brain, the left brain is responsible for logical thinking, language ability and the activity of the right limb of the body, and the right brain is mainly responsible for aesthetic, artistic, spatial and other perceptual thinking and the left limb of the body. If the left brain is more developed, then the right hand function will be more developed, so it is "right-handed", and if the right brain is more developed, it will form a "left-handed".
3. The activity space in the womb
In general, the space on the right side of the mother's stomach will be larger than the left side, and the baby is generally active on the right side. So most babies are right-handed. If the left space in the mother's belly is larger than the space on the right, or if the baby prefers to go to the left, it may be a left-handed baby after birth!
Whether left-handed babies are smarter
There are many celebrities in the left-handed, such as the military genius Napoleon, the first black president of the United States, Obama, Bill Gates, Picasso, Leonardo da Vinci and so on. So there has always been a saying in the jianghu that left-handed people are smarter.
In fact, from the IQ point of view, left-handed and right-handed are not much different. But in some areas, in some aspects of ability, left-handed people do have some advantages.
Left-handed people and right brains are more developed, so they are stronger in aesthetics, art, spatial sense and other perceptual thinking, generally more artistic talent, more athletic talent, more mathematical talent, etc.!
But the left brain is not so developed relative to the right hand, resulting in logical thinking and language skills are generally relatively weak.
Whether left-handedness needs to be corrected
Left-handed people are basically innate, and genetics play a considerable role. Even if the day after tomorrow deliberately corrects specific aspects such as writing and using chopsticks, the left hand will still be instinctively used in action, and it is "useless" to force correction.
In the face of a left-handed baby, parents can try to guide the baby to open the bow left and right with both hands. This can reduce the impact on the baby's future life as much as possible, if the baby obviously refuses, and there is no change after a period of time, the parents will choose to give up, can not be forced to ask.
In the end, left-handed people are not a problem, but the right brain is relatively developed, forced correction will make the baby feel different from others, is an outlier, and in severe cases will also cause certain psychological trauma.
For left-handed babies, parents should face it with a normal heart, everything goes naturally, of course, if you can open the bow left and right, use your left hand if you want to use your left hand, and use your right hand if you want to use your right hand, which is also a cool thing!