Happy International Left ๐Ÿ‘ˆ Handed Day

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Happy International Left ๐Ÿ‘ˆ Handed Day - lemmy.tf

The first time I picked up a crayon, I used my left hand. My parents were concerned but waited it out. After watching me use my left hand the next few times they decided to convert me.

I was brought to a special Sunday school service where right is right. They started with drawing, then moved on to writing. Eventually they worked on my instincts, by throwing things at me, at random, to ensure I used the right hand to catch. I was slapped with a yard stick in the knuckles whenever I used the wrong hand.

Leftiism exists. Parents think they are helping but itโ€™s caused all sorts of problems in my life.

What in the definition of CIA training is this?
Common practice up to pretty recently.
Which is strange given that so many world-class renowned inventors and artists are all left handed
Iโ€™d be careful trying to deduce something from that (to my knowledge not too studied) factoid. It could (pure speculation) also be, that children growing up with the freedom to use whichever hand they wanted at a time when that wasnโ€™t generally the case also had other freedoms like developing their creativity.