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I first remember feeling Left Hand Rage, a term I made up, about 15 or more years ago to describe the plight of a right-handed mom who is tired of dealing with buyers and manufacturers who fail to realize the statistical increase in left handers.\u00a0 Back then I only had 3 children and 2 were left-handed, now I have five and 3 are left-handed.\u00a0 I am a right-handed and so is my husband. \u00a0People always asked me if I was left-handed because I wear my watch on my right hand and I am ambidextrous in a few things so maybe I do share some responsibility. \u00a0My parents never switched me, I do know that.<\/p>\n

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The first time I remember really feeling left-handed rage was when I was searching for a tee ball mitt for my daughter.\u00a0 I hadn’t waited too late, in fact the stores were overstocked. \u00a0I went from store to store that day, and every one I went to did not have any gloves for left handers.\u00a0 I mean there were hundreds of gloves for kids that were right-handed but the left-handed kids were out of luck.\u00a0 After going through countless stores, I walked into Dick’s Sporting Goods.\u00a0 I headed straight to the wall of gloves that was full to the ceiling and started my search with hope and faith that there had to be one left hander\u2019s glove among the hundreds of gloves.\u00a0 As I started to get further and further through the assorted gloves finding nothing but right-handed \u00a0gloves, the stress of the day got to me.\u00a0 I mean who were these stores employing as buyers and market strategists?\u00a0 Did they realize that the number of left-handed children was increasing each year?\u00a0 What trends and statistics were these buyers looking at when ordering gloves?\u00a0 If it was the manufacturer that just shipped \u00a01 lefty glove with every 2 dozen or so right-handed mitts, what were they thinking?<\/p>\n

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Now over \u00be of the way through\u00a0 the gloves I was losing faith, my temper and time.\u00a0 That was when it hit full force and if you have ever seen the movie, Mommy Dearest<\/em>, well my next actions mirrored the wire hanger scene.\u00a0 Instead of pulling the closet doors open looking for a wire hanger, I attacked the assortment of gloves looking for a lefty \u00a0with the same tenacity, insanity and rage.\u00a0\u00a0 Going through the last \u00bc of their supply, I grabbed each glove and\u00a0 every time I saw it was a righty, they hit the floor.\u00a0 \u201cOkay Dicks, let\u2019s see just how many right-handed gloves you have in this store!\u00a0 Right handed, right-handed, right-handed, right-handed,riiiiight haaannded, where are the left-handed gloves?\u201d<\/p>\n

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By this time I had a pile of right-handed mitts beside me and was a Mama Bear with left-handed rage to be reckoned with.\u00a0 The sales person finally came over and asked if he could help.\u00a0 I don\u2019t think we need to go into my answer, but you can rest assured it was very Joan Crawford.\u00a0 I think the scene ended with him helping me through the last few gloves that were not suprisingly all righty.\u00a0 After giving them my 2 cents and more, I left having to order a glove because there were none to be found.<\/p>\n

Now, do you think things have changed in more than a decade?\u00a0 Let me answer that by letting you know after recently have searched high and low for a glove for my 4-year-old left-handed tee ball player; nope, not a thing!\u00a0 In fact in the size he needed not one, not even in pink!!!\u00a0 Left handed kids everywhere are discriminated.\u00a0 I mean\u00a0isn’t\u00a0it bad enough they live in a right-handed world, but could we at least acknowledge the statistical increase of left handers and order them some darn gloves? \u00a0Could we give left handers of this world just a little respect? \u00a0Is that just too much to ask?\u00a0 While they’re at it they could also stock up on size xxs baseball pants.<\/p>\n

Oh and just remember parents, never try to change your child’s handedness. \u00a0A left-handed child is left-handed because the right side of their brain is dominant. \u00a0I will leave you with some facts about lefties.<\/p>\n

It has been observed that about 66% of American presidents in the last 30 years have been left-handed. The list includes James A. Garfield,\u00a0Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan (switched to right hand for writing in school; perhaps ambidextrous), George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama. In the 1992, 1996, and 2008 presidential elections, all major candidates were left-handed: H.W. Bush, Clinton, and Perot; Clinton, Dole, and Perot; McCain and Obama respectively.<\/p>\n

According to experts, \u00a0left-handed individuals are oriented to be more independent since they have to adjust in a world that is not made for them. Left-handed people are slightly more resistant to social pressures, and tend to have more of an independent streak.<\/p>\n

Lefties are quick thinkers, studies show that left-handed people are \u201cexceptional.\u201d A study conducted in Australia revealed that they earn more money and also they think more quickly when playing physical sports or computer games.<\/p>\n

Some more famous lefties include:<\/p>\n

1.Alexander the great – Military genius
\n2.Julius Caesar – Military genius
\n3.Charlemagne – Military genius
\n4.Napoleon Bonaparte – Military genius
\n5.Benjamin Franklin – Among the US founding fathers, A renowned polymath
\n6.Michaelangelo – Artistic genius
\n7.Leonardo Da Vinci – Genius at almost everything
\n8.Raphael – Artistic genius
\n9.Pele, Maradona, Messi – Top three greatest footballers ever
\n10.Albert Einstein – Scientific genius
\n11.Sir Isaac Newton – Scientific genius
\n12.Bill gates – Microsoft founder
\n13.Mark Twain – Literary genius
\n14.Ludwig Van Beethoven – Musical genius
\n15.Pablo Picasso – Artistic genius<\/p>\n

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