dilemma???

I would let him do what is natural for him. I was corrected to right hand when I was in kindergarten and I wish I had not been. But at the age of 2.5 he may go back and forth for a while.

Let your son decide on his own whether or not he is is to be right or left handed. When my daughter was about that age she was using both hands. I decided it was time for her to decide which hand to use and encouraged her to be right handed. When she was older and it came time for her to learn to read I took her to have her eyes checked and the eye Dr said she had what is called cross dominance. She should have been left handed and it would cause her to have trouble with her reading. He had the same problem. If I had it to do over I would have let her decide in her own time which hand to use. It may be that he is taking a little more time for his brain in this area to completely develop.

Being left handed is nothing serious. Just leave him be. My sister should be left handed but she was spanked when she used her left hand and now I believe that is why her writing is so messy. My mother's teachers in school would smack her with a meter stick if she used her left hand. She is ambidextrous now. If it was something that cased problems then yea change it but it does not. I think you will have more problems if you try to change him.

I definitely wouldn't be correcting him either. Whatever hand he ends up using as his main one will be determined in due course and he is undoubtedly just doing what comes naturally to him at this time also. I remember havong neighbours as a child where the little boy was left handed and his Father was really negative about it. He used to strap his son's left arm to his body and force him to use his right hand because he was of the belief that life for a left-handed person would not be easy. It was a ridiculous mindset really and thank goodness people don't seem to think this way anymore!

Dont try and correct him there is nothing worse than trying to make a left handed person into a right handed parson. Its not like he can help it and it would cause him problems if you do. My husband and his father (and many people in his family) are left handed. They were all made to write and do everything with their right hand and they all said it set them back big time. My father in law never liked school because he was made to write and everything with his right hand and was punished all the time. My husband sais it took him hours to write with his right hand and never paid attention to anything as he was trying to do his best with his right hand. He started doing well at school after they left him alone. My friends son is left handed but she punishes him every time he writes with his left hand and the poor child hates writhing and colouring which is sad. And no matter how much we talk to her she wont listen its like the child has this huge thing that she is ashamed off and needs to hide.

I am a leftie too. Don't worry about your son. When my mother learned that I am a leftie she encouraged me to use my left hand. She said that imposing which hand to write might affect my psychological development.

the hand he actually uses it the hand determines what he is, righthandedness is the most common of all all.

No definitely don't correct him. Let him use the one he is most comfortable with. My wife and I are both right handed while our son is left handed. © ronaldinu 2008

My daughter is the same way... she uses both her right and left hand... i think it is still too early for them or for us to realize what their dexterity is... that usually becomes apparent when they turn 5 or 6... or when they start learning how to write... so no need to correct you child about it... since there is nothing wrong with using any of the hands...

To correct indicates that the person is doing something wrong. Its not wrong to be right handed. He likely switches because he sees you writing with that hand. Lefties are more likely to be ambidextrous.

As far as I've been informed, kids try both hands early on and will eventually settle on one or the other. I do not think it is supposed to be wise to encourage a kid to be right handed or left handed. Generally, it is best to allow the kid to discover his strengths for himself. If a person is, indeed, predisposed to using the left hand and you force him to use the right.. then he has a setback in his education as he must overcome the decreased natural dexterity he has in order to conform to expectations. Really, allow your kid to bloom according to his nature and talents.

Hi riyasam! I suggest you should not correct him, let alone whether he is a leftie or rightie. I was wrong when I did correct my eldest who once showed signs of being a leftie (my grandfather and my father were). She becomes a rightie now becaujse I trained her to..eventhough, she still maintains her artistic gifts being a leftie...thanks God!

In my observation most children are lefties at the start. I noticed that in most children and their parents are just correcting them so they become righthanded as they grow older. My only child was like that but I have corrected him. My twin grandhildren, 3 years old are both having the signs of being lefties. The younger one however is now learning to use the right hand while the older one is still struggling. He eats well with left hand and it seems I'd just left him be lefthanded if that is what is more comfortable to him. I find nothing wrong with being lefthanded anyway. My hubby is himself left-handed but he writes better than many righthanded ones. So with your son, it is your choice.

Its best to leave him to use whichever hand he is comfortable using. Its best not to force him to use his right hand. If he is using left hand for writing and other things then let him be. My parents used to say i was using my left hand when i was smaller. But I automatically changed it to right hand. Actually speaking except for writing I am more comfortable using my left hand. Let your son continue to use whichever hand suits him. There is no harm in being leftie.

I would not try to "correct" him. My grandson uses both of his hands but he is left handed for most of the things he does. We could tell from a very early time that he was going to be left handed when he was just playing with a baby rattle.

Why would you want to correct him? Let him use whatever comes naturally to him. I would think if he is ambidextrous it would be a benefit to him in many ways. Why would you want to mess with what comes naturally?

My son also is left handed. I have no plans to change it. He is born with it and there is nothing I can do. But I think he can do well when he grow up.

I guess your son has the tendency to be left-handed, as it shows on his early movements and doing things by now. I guess there's nothing wrong w/ that. I am a left-handed person and my mom tries to correct that as soon as she noticed they way I handed and did things when I was very small. She even tried tying my left hand when I was beginning to eat by myself and also taught me to write letters w/ my right when I began schooling so as to train me to use my right hand. However, I believe that if you are born left-handed you are for the rest of your life. I am perfectly normal w/ my left hand so I suggest that you don't bother correcting your son w/ that, otherwise you may hamper his natural capacity and might make him less successful in doing things normally.

Studies have been done about this problem. I believe that the best thing is to just let him find his own way. Left handed people are accepted now where once they were loooked upon as inferior.

I dont think you should correct him if he's left handed, because I dont think that being left handed is a problem, I'm left handed, and I have no problem with it, in fact I like being left handed, I think its kind of neet, I can do all sorts of interesting things, and I truly believe its because I'm left handed, I can draw, sculpt, knit, using only my hands especially my left hand I was even in the paper once, so being left handed is a blessing most of my family is left handed and they can all do interesting things.