August 13 is international left-handed day. Some people say that left-handed people are more creative and better at mathematics; More artistic cells, such as Beethoven, Da & middot; Finch; The purpose of establishing the international left-handed day is to unite left-handed people around the world to fight for their own interests, arouse the attention of the whole society to the problem of left-handed people, remind people to improve product design and give more consideration to the convenience and safety of left-handed people in a right-handed society, Dispel the prejudice against left-handed people that has existed in various cultures for thousands of years and is still being created today.
It is understood that about 6% - 13% of people in the world are left-handed. According to this calculation, there are at least about 80 million left-handed people in China, and this figure is still on the rise. Now, left-handed people are very active on the Internet or in reality, and have a variety of friendships and celebrations.
On August 13, 1975, a group of left-handed people in the United States established an organization called left-handed international, which envisages uniting left-handed people all over the world to jointly strive for the rights and interests of left-handed people. A year later, the organization held celebrations and designated August 13 as international left-handed day. Now, left-handed organizations in dozens of countries around the world celebrate this festival.
Q: are left-handed born?
Left handers are basically born, and genetic genes do play a considerable role. The study found that if both parents were right-handed, only 0.23 ~ 2.1% of the children were left-handed; If one of the parents is left-handed, the left-handed rate of their children will increase to 17.3%; If the parents are all left-handed, the left-handed rate of their children is as high as 46 ~ 50%.
Truth: are left-handed really smarter? Relatively speaking, left-handed people think more with their right brain, think more vividly and creatively, have a keen sense of rhythm and better spatial balance, focus on emotion, intuition and art, and have stronger functions in representation and visual ability than the left hemisphere. This seems to explain why scientists, musicians, painters and athletes are more left-handed. Many people compare the IQ, language skills and operational skills of left-handed and right-handed people. The results show that there is no significant difference between them. It's not so much about their left-handed habits as the fact that these geniuses are better at and give full play to their strengths.
Confusion: left-handed babies are more likely to suffer setbacks. Many living habits and observation order of left-handed babies are opposite to most people, so they have many difficulties in reality. In the school environment, left-handed children are more difficult in painting, writing or reading, which makes them tired quickly and need to rest more frequently.
If the baby is left-handed
Try this
1. Don't force correction. Forcibly correcting the baby's left-handed may bring many negative effects, such as causing a certain degree of language dysfunction, poor oral expression, and sometimes obvious stuttering due to stress and tension.
2. Properly exercise the right hand. Parents should encourage the baby to use the right hand and let the baby exercise their right hand more. First, slowly transition from big movements to fine movements through games and happiness, but don't force the baby to learn to bow left and right.
3. Pay attention to the baby's safety. Left handed babies are more likely to fall when walking, cycling and skating. Left handed children should wear safety helmets when learning to ride, and anti slip sports shoes when participating in games. For public facilities and some right-handed tools and switches, let the baby know the correct use method as far as possible to avoid safety problems.
4. Prepare left-handed appliances. There are many left-handed products on the Internet, such as left-handed scissors, left-handed kitchenware, left-handed rulers and notebooks. Maybe parents can buy them for the baby. I believe the left-handed baby will also perform well.