Is it normal for left-handed children to have difficulties with handwriting?
It is quite normal for children to use either hand in their toddler years and no attempt should be made to encourage the use of one hand over the other. If a child has a tendency to be left-handed, forcing her to use the right hand can do her more harm than good. Unless you are part of the 10% of the population that are left-handed, you are probably quite unaware of the differences between writing left-handed and right-handed and the difficulties that being left-handed presents. Experts say that by the primary grades, many left-handed child have not be correctly coached and have developed bad writing habits and experience considerable difficulty as a result. They often struggle and write extremely slowly, which is frustrating and puts them at a disadvantage if they have to write tests within a time limit. The problems they encounter can be easily overcome, with a bit of planning and the correct tools, such as left-handed scissors and seating a left-handed child on the left-side of a tw
