Gifted Issues Discussion homepage Forums General Discussion Ambidextrous and Gifted?

I don't know if ambidextrous is linked to gifted but my daughter is ambidextrous and gifted. It took her quite a while to decide which hand to write with; she settled on right handed. We forgot about all the questions until she got really competitive with figure skating. It turns out she spins and jumps lefty!

My 12 year old writes with his right hand, but he was ambidextrous in Kindergarten and he could write equally well with both hands. He often uses his left hand to eat, especially if he is at the computer. He uses the fork with his left hand while he uses the mouse with the right hand. If he uses his left hand to eat at the table, he sometimes bumps into me since I am right-handed and I can just ask him to switch hands.