Left handed box

Poppy9

My DD is left handed and like other posters have said it's a right-handed world so it is easier to be able to use right-handed goods.

I bought left handed scissors from WHS for DD but she can use right-handed ones just as easily.

She also uses a mouse with the right hand. Great because it leaves the left hand free to write notes at the same time.:T

She is sitting next to me telling me the things she liked specially for left handers.

Ruler, pencil sharpner, address book and pen with fast drying ink for left handers (no smudging). The pen is from Woolworths and is a uniball. It says on the back, "Ideal for left handers".

Things to ensure in school. Always tell your son to ask the teacher to sit on the end of a table so he's not knocking arms with the pupil next to him. If using ring binders, ask the teacher to help him use it backwards.

Anastacia

Almost the same theme. My friend at work is ambidextrous (oops, spelling). I said to him gosh, that must be really useful & he just looks and says, well, not really. I would be more useful to do something differnt with the other hand rather than the same with both. Doh!

Try typing l'eft handed' into ebay t o find all sorts of bits and bobs..

purpleimp

My mother is left handed but when she started in school (50 years back)she used to get the belt for using her left hand and was forced to sit on her left hand and do everything with her right, she now writes with her right hand but does everything else with her left, my sister is also a "cearrag" and has always done just fine with normal righty scissors and sharpeners etc.

CLARABEL

elc sell cheap kids lh scissors#

Danni

I'm mixed handed- some things I do with my right (writing and using a mouse) some things I do with my left (catching balls, cutting with scissors, using a bat) some things I can do with both and sometimes they switch over!

buxtonrabbitgreen

I am a leftie too and so is one son. I like the idea of the quick drying ink pen and will get him one of those. I write and mouse left handed but DS uses mouse right handed. I dont think many of us are soley left handed as I use my right for cutting(scissors) sewing left, knitting left, batting right. What is very useful though is being able to use a screwdriver equally well with either hand, for getting in awkward places. But I hate sitting down at computer and finding the mouse on the wrong side or the kettle handle the wrong (for me) way round.

Poppy9

These are the pens. The really do give left handers smudge free writing. I usually buy in Woolies as they are the cheapest but Sainsbury's, Tesco's and WHS sell.

lil_me

He's got 2 very weak eyes as he has astimatism and is seriously long sighted but his right is the weakest as we have to keep putting a patch on the left to try to make it work. Left eye is much stronger.

He can't use right handed scissors so definately need some of those, those pens look like a good idea as he's always smudging things. Thanks for the other suggestions aswell, will be visiting school next week to do some training so I'll check where he is sitting etc.

He's just got interested in the Playstation, but found the controller tricky but I've managed to find one on Ebay for Left handed people so we'll give that a go aswell

loopylass30

pruney wrote:

Hello
Just wanted to say that I am left handed, same as my mum and she bought some scissors from the lefthanded shop in London (sorry don't remember address, it was about 15 years ago) and I had terrible trouble using them although she got on with them fine so don't spend a fortune just in case he ends up like me.
My mum can't do a thing with her right hand whereas I eat, cut, chop and use a mouse like a righthanded person; in fact, I can't use a mouse with my left hand, how weird is that? And, my husband is right handed and eats like a leftie whereas I am a leftie and eat like a rightie (or like a right one - love my food!).

I know it wasn't the info you were looking for but just thought I would highlight in case he is the first in your family.

Im exactly the same as you, i cant use the left handed scissors and struggle with most things made for us lefties, like you i also do every thing with my right hand...apart from write...lol and the mouse bit was spot on, its so so hard to try and control it with my left hand.

lisawood78

Ditto as most above, i'm a leftie in writing only (and also astigmatic) can't use left handed implements in either hand and the only thing I can't use at all is a fountain pen, left or right handed as the nib is facing the wrong way, gets stuck in the paper and the rest of my hand smudges the ink into an illegible mess all across the page (darn middle school teachers didn't understand that though did they, noooooo, 4 years handing in smudged work just because 'everyone' had to write in fountain pen) Grrrrrr!
Lol, i've annoyed my self now!
Good luck in finding some things, but it appears you may not need half the things you think.
Lw78