# Clumsy Child Syndrome?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clumsy-child-syndrome/211711>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 6, 2003, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clumsy-child-syndrome/211711 "2003-11-06T16:15:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2003, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clumsy-child-syndrome/211711/21 "2003-11-11T14:04:09Z")

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No. I shall suggest that to my therapist to see if it is possible.

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**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2003, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clumsy-child-syndrome/211711/22 "2003-11-11T14:12:54Z")

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To tell the difference between Left and Right: Hold your hands in front of you with the first finger and thumb extended, the other fingers down. The one that forms an “L” is the “Left.” (L = Left, got it?)

I have all the symptoms described above (and I cannot read maps) and it wasn’t until a six year old showed me the above trick that I knew Left from Right.

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**Author:** ![Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2003, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clumsy-child-syndrome/211711/23 "2003-11-12T10:38:07Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Annie-Xmas \*  
> \*\*To tell the difference between Left and Right: Hold your hands in front of you with the first finger and thumb extended, the other fingers down. The one that forms an “L” is the “Left.” (L = Left, got it?)
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> I have all the symptoms described above (and I cannot read maps) and it wasn’t until a six year old showed me the above trick that I knew Left from Right. \*\*

That’s pretty cool, but could be pretty fatal (for me) in tight situations like driving or when dodging bullets 😉

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