itkin@luke.UUCP (Steven List) (08/18/85)
The following appears in the September 1985 issue of Sesame Street
Magazine (one of my favorite journals :^>~). The copyright is as
follows:
Sesame Street Magazine is a publication of the Children's Television
Workshop, published ten times during the year, monthly except for August
and February. (c) 1985 Children's Television Workshop.
The Rights of Lefties
One out of every nine people is left-handed. While lefties are no
longer forced to conform to the habits of the majority, they must
still adapt to a largely right-handed world.
Parents of lefties can make that process a bit easier by using these
simple tricks:
* If left-handed scissors are not available, turn right-handed
scissors upside down.
* Are you a right-handed parent? Then when teaching your child a
skill that requires imitation - such as tying a shoelace - face a
mirror and have the child follow your reflected image. (Left-
handed parents can use this trick to teach their right-handed
offspring.)
* When your young artist or author begins to draw or write, tilt the
paper towards the right to encourage him or her to hold the pencil
or crayon correctly.
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I prefer this approace to the one recently mentioned in which a parent
was trying to convert a left-handed child to right-handedness.
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* Steven List @ Benetics Corporation, Mt. View, CA
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***ark@alice.UUCP (Andrew Koenig) (08/18/85)
> * If left-handed scissors are not available, turn right-handed > scissors upside down. Are they really serious!? This can't work!!