LEFT-HANDED CHILDREN
.METHOD OF TREATMENT Dr. Mildred Staley, in reply to a question concerning the training of lefthanded children, stated at Hie meeting of the National Council, of Women at Auckland, that the motor centre and sensorv centres ol thei brain lie dose together. When interference with the mole- centre takes place, that is. lofl-hanil-e.lnios, abnormalities ol speech and vision are not uncommon. The government, of the body was ;< matter of self-development and self-; xprosdon and natural tendencies should not be interfered with. A. child inclnt ed to use the left hand should be allowed to do so. To force right-handed-ness on him is dangerous* Professor Hunter's experiment anil researches showed that a very large proportion of children are born left-handed. ft was staled that- this year the number of left-handed ehildrui in the infant denari moat appeared to be greater than before. This might well lie due. said Dr. Staley: to imitation and allowing left -handedness in the home. The ahnormality was now regarded with less disfavour anil parents were allowing the i Se , of the hand that came naturally t<i the child.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 1 May 1926, Page 7
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