Recently, I’ve been witness to a disturbing trend within my preschool.  The trend of parents expecting their child to write with their right hands despite being lefties.  While this may not be quite as common in Japanese society as it was 10 years ago,  it has currently resurfaced in my preschool in the last couple of months.

Most of my students are naturally right handers so they seem to be off the hook but those that are not are being forced to write, feed themselves, throw and generally “think” with the other hand.  This often results in tears but I also see it resulting in confusion and a general blockage in their learning abilities.

With all the problems in the world, I can’t imagine why anyone would consider this as an important thing to change within their child.  Can’t we just all get along?