I'm a Proud Lefty

From The Left Handers Club -  1. The advantages of being left-handed We often end up complaining about the frustrations of being left-handed, but there are plenty of advantages as well. Here is a list that has been reported in various places recently – we have done features on most of these items before but it is nice to put them all in one place.  It would be great to make this list longer as well!  If you can think of any other advantages of being left-handed and, ideally, can provide some sort of research results or reporting to back it up, please add a comment below and we will expand the list. Use this link to see the full list with explanations and links Being left handed is an advantage in many sports Lefties have a greater chance of being a genius or having a high IQ Left handed men may make more money Left handed people adjust more easily to seeing underwater Lefties are better able to multitask Some left-handed individuals have better memories Generally, lefties are better at playing video games Left handed stroke victims recover faster than right handers Left-handed people are likely to be more visual than language-based, making them ideal for artistic pursuits Southpaw drivers are more successful at learning to drive than right handed people

2. Chances of having a left-handed child About 10% of the world’s population are left-handed and it seems that left-handedness runs in families, with the handedness of the mother being an important factor. So what are the chances of having a left-handed child? We have reviewed all the research and statistics on this and done some calculations of our own and this is how it looks (the chance of a left handed child for each birth): Two right handed parents, 9% Left handed father, 12% Left handed mother, 16% Two left handed parents, 20% There are many variables that affect these figures and one study showed that left-handers have less children on average that right handers. This is meant to be a guide rather than a scientific conclusion. However, whichever set of assumptions you use, some interesting figures come out: More than 50% of left-handers do not know of any other left-hander anywhere in their living family. Around 75% of left-handers have two right-handed parents and only 2% have two left-handed parents. Between 7 and 8 out of 10 children born to two left handed parents will be right handed Use this link to see our full article on this with our calculation details