USE OF BOTH HANDS
EDUCATION MINISTER’S VIEW. “I think the proper thing to do is to teach the children to use both their hands —to be a.mbidextrous,” said the Minister, of Education (Hon. R. A. Wright) in the House of Representatives, when replying to a question by Mr J. A. Nash (Palmerston), w’hq had drawn the attention ojf. the Ministe 1 ’ to the statment qf Dr. H. Rumsey. Guy’s Hospital expert, that, it wa f s d'anger.ous, to force) a njaturally lefthanded child to become right-handed. Tlh/e Minister 'said he believed that, there was a great deal in what the doctor had said. His, own experience with children had; bcjenj that the average child, left alone, would us,c the left hand, but, in with custom qr etiquette, it wasi trained deliberately tc ; use t,he right. The. Minister promised Mr Nash that he would bring the question raised umle.r his department, with a view ta taking some action, provided the medical experts agreed to it.
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIX, Issue 5336, 8 October 1928, Page 2
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164USE OF BOTH HANDS Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXIX, Issue 5336, 8 October 1928, Page 2
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