Oh Gem! That is so funny. My neighbor came back today and we were discussing the same thing! Amazing. LOL Anyway, We were discussing that her Grandmother taught her an underhanded crochet. I said, “Boy that looks like you are doing that left handed. She said, ” That’s funny because my Grandmother was Left handed.” My friend was also left handed, Well omnidexterous until her father broke her left hand to get her to use her right. Well, I think that is a little extreme but she is now right handed.
Anyway, We wanted to teach my daughter to crochet. she said,” she is to young because she doesn’t hold it right.” I laughed and said, “I learned when I was under 5 years old.” So, we compared how we held our strings and our hooks and I hold mine like a pencil and so does my daughter. So, I guess it all depends on who is going to teach her. I am guessing it will be me. LOL… My daughter loves to spend time with her and has adopted her as a Grandma. So she wanted her to teach her… I think it would be more of a problem though since she already has been holding her pencil correctly all this time… 🙂
On the other hand. My son was never caught holding his pencil the right way so I tried to retrain him. He does have better hand writing when he holds it wrong but I had heard that it will fatigue his hand and he won’t write very long.
We also discussed how my friends husband was taught how to hold a pencil and he said he learned the “electic” way. You should be able to hold a pencil so softly that someone could grab it out of your hand when you were writing. They made big circles and curls to learn how to hold the pencil. I do remember my dad teaching me this when I was a young girl. His mom studied to be a secretary and had beautiful handwriting and that is how she taught him. This is also how I taught my daughter and tried to teach my son. When he didn’t learn I bought those pencil grips that look like bubble gum stuck around the pencil. He used them for awhile but then went back to his own style. So, I guess I should let him be fatiqued and not worry about it. ???? Or move to Japan or China and we will just fit in. 🙂