Research shows that; In daily life, approximately 90 percent of people use their right hand and 10 percent use their left hand. Research on fossils reveals that this high rate was also valid for the first hominid, Homo habilis, which lived about 2 million years ago. According to the theory, while the right lobe of our brain performs tasks such as face recognition, emotional expression, music, emotion reading, color sensitivity, vision, intuition and creativity, the left lobe is active in performing tasks that require logic, language and analytical thinking. You may have heard that left-handers activate the right hemisphere of the brain. If we go back to ancient times, the ancient Greeks called left-handed people "aristera", meaning "people suitable to rule". Indeed, when we look at famous managers, we can see that this is the case. Tiberius, Alexander the Great, Queen Victoria, American Presidents Harry Truman, James Garfield and George Bush are just a few of the distinguished left-handers. Also, the world-famous Leonardo da Vinci, Beethoven, Mozart, Rafael, Michelangelo, Albert Einstein, Angelina Jolie, Robert De Niro are among the well-known left-handers. According to psychologist Chris McManus of UCL University in London, "While left-handers are more talented in some ways, they may also be at a disadvantage in others. If you're left-handed, your brain is organized differently than normal, which gives you abilities that others don't have." Professor Dorothy Bishop, a developmental neuropsychologist at Oxford University, says that while there have been people over the years who have associated left-handedness with disorders such as dyslexia and autism, there have also been people who attributed positivity, saying that architects and musicians are more likely to be left-handed. While technological devices are made, most of them are made for right-handed people. Sometimes the language we use can be against lefties. For example, even the word "common sense" does not do justice to lefties. Clumsiness can be inevitable when left-handers use these products, which are designed for right-handed people. Left-handed children have a higher risk of clumsiness than right-handed children. Parents can discover which hand their child is dominant at the age of 3-4. Children can generally use both hands by the age of 2. So how do we know if he is left-handed? When you try to stand on one leg We can say that he is left-handed if he prefers his foot. If he reaches out with his left hand to pick up an object. If he grasps the spoon with his left hand while eating. If he rotates it counterclockwise when turning anything. If he brushes his teeth with his left hand. If he uses frequently used objects such as pencils and glasses more dominantly with his left hand, we can say that he is left-handed. What should I do? A child who is discovered to be left-handed should never be forced to use his right hand. This can cause learning difficulties as a psychological strain that hinders the child's creativity. At school, the classroom desk should be changed by the teacher so that the student sits on the left side of the desk. A suitable order should be provided at the table where everyone eats using their right hand. Products that allow him to move more easily with his left hand and are more convenient to use should be preferred.
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