A leftie and rightie

Competent in both left and right hands. Is that possible?
I’d think so. I know two such people. One is my father-in-law, the other is the fictitious character Zhou Botong, who is well-known for drawing a square and a circle using both hands simultaneously. :)

But could Zhirui be the next one?? In strict terms, ya tou is a left-hander. She is inclined towards using her left hand. But we are also training her right-hand.

We do not stop or discourage her from using her left-hand, which many parents of my parent’s generation did. Once heard an elder said that if you suppress a child’s natural inclination, he will become less intelligent because you stop him from developing the stronger hemisphere.

What we did was to ALSO encourage her to use her right hand, while keeping her natural disposition. Well that, her dominating right hemisphere will develop, together with the left. I’m not sure if this logic works. But for now, she could hold and control the pen with both her left and right hands very well.

And ya, recently ya tou has grown tall enough to ride her tricycle. Perhaps it’s time soon for Aunty Diana to take over her riding lessons. :P