Show stammering children stammering Is often caused by trying to force left handed banded children to use the right hand according to P B ballard london county council inspector of schools he also asserts that to be lett left handed was to be not merely awkward awK awkward wara but prone to wickedness he presented many statistics out ot of one group ot of left handed children one per cent ot of pure left handers stammerer stam against 43 per cent ot of being taught to use the right hand band in another group of 2 7 the figures were 42 per cent and per cent respectively six out of 0 ten ift handed children abo vho had teen been taught to use the right hand were practices ly cured ot of stammering after being allowed to use the left hand band exclusively for 18 months there were twice as many left handed boys as lett left handed girls and stammering was twice as prevalent among boys |