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Nik,

My son and I joke that we are both "ambi-sinister" for precisely this reason.

LOL!

DH calls it "Sasquatch Writing" when DD gets particularly lazy about her handwriting mechanics.

We used to joke that her handwriting was "either early pre-humanoid primate or third year med-school; take your pick."

While it is lovely when she makes the effort after years of effort on her part and ours... she simply doesn't see much point, I fear.

Cackle. I've been wondering about this left/right thing for awhile. DH and I are righties. Both sides have a fair number of lefties and DH's side in particular has a strong line of ambis.

Ds is ambi. He's been writing with his right hand more frequently these days, but his writing is definitely Sasquatch (love that!). Im already so delighted that he wants to write, but these days, i try to ask for capitalization and full stops. The kinesiologist says he's so left eye dominant that it's hard for him to even look right from left, so she advises that he practices scribbling with his left hand. That's an interesting angle to think about.

Addendum. Oops - meant to say that he finds it hard to follow his right hand with his dominant left eye. He can't cross co-ordinate well.

My wife is fully lefty,but I and my sons are right handed.

DH = RH
ME = LH (slightly ambi, moreso as a kid)
DS = RH (but started out LH and still has a lot of natural LH instincts)
DD = RH

DS is (mildly) right-handed, like me; DH is left-handed.

(But people with entirely RHed families are far less likely than people with some Lhers in their families to click on this thread, I fear...)

DS7 is left handed. DD4 is right handed, I think, but she occasionally switches hands and I don't notice very much difference in her handwriting. I was ambidextrous as a kid, but my grandma trained me to only use my right hand, so I'm out of practice with my left.

DH and I are both right-handed.

DS2 is left-handed, and my mom is still trying to convince me to train DS to write with his right hand.

DS6 is left handed. He writes left handed, but throws and catches right handed. DH and I are both right handed though I, my sister, and father were ambidextrous before learning to write.

DH, DD & I are all righties
DS is a leftie, but seems to throw with right?