Same here. And in my case, because I learned to do “the things you do in school” with my right hand, my parents denied any “forcing” until a wonderful PhysEd replacement teacher showed me and three others that “for sports, you’re lefties”. Sort of like Pete Sampras, but with less money 
My son is left-handed. For the more common things, anyway. Eating, writing/coloring, pushing the buttons on the remote…
He uses the mouse right-handed, though. And bats, throws (I think), and putts right.
His dad and I are both right-handed, but both his grandfathers and one uncle are lefties. Well, his Grandpop had it whacked out of him by the nuns, but left is what came naturally to him.
My husband jokingly calls the boy a mutant freak, because not only is he a lefty, but colorblind as well.
You southpaws, please don’t take this the wrong way, but my daughter’s entire special ed. class is left handed. Granted, there are only five of 'em, but still…
See, we’re special in every way!
Unca Cece is a southpaw, so there!
Gretzky!
[sub]Yep, goin’ ta hell. Ten points for anyone who gets the reference.[/sub]
I’ve found it to be quite an advantage at tennis - people think they’re hitting to your backhand (usually the weaker shot), and hit right to the forehand!
Big PITA when finding golf clubs, though. I’m short enough that I needed not only left-handed, but also “petite” clubs.
Oh, and I once tried to turn my younger brother into a lefty. On spaghetti night. The pics could be called “Bloodbath in a Highchair.” :smack:
An old girlfriend had the following plaque on her desk:
My husband says he was forced to change hands when he went to school, and I won’t say he wasn’t, but they must have done a heck of a job, because he doesn’t do anything lefty, even catching or throwing or batting, all of which he learned at home. There’s no indication of latent leftyness in him at all. ( I wouldn’t be quite so skeptical except that this is only one of the stories he or his mother have told me that turned out to be so much pixie dust. Nothing harmful, but a bit dramatic, you know.)
But…our youngest folds her hands like a lefty. She doesn’t use them that way, but when she puts them together the left thumb is on the top. We were careful not to push the kids one way or the other, to the point that when I gave them a spoon I put it at the top of the bowl, pointing straight away from them. It’s just weird.
Did I hear a call?
Daniel
I’m a lefty, and it surely does make a difference. This is a question I’ve often wondered; why do so many office building have double doors all over the place if they’re always going to lock the left door? They often do, you know. I always end up crossing my left arm over my body to grab the door on the right, because that left door is a decoy most of the time. It’s awkward.
I worked as a letter carrier some years back, and had to learn to sort mail right handed. If I held the mail in my right hand and sorted with my left, as would be natural for me, all the letters would be in the case facing backwards when you pulled the mail back out because all the cases were set up for right handed-ness. It’s hard to read the address if you’re looking at the back of the envelope.
I used to do a lot of cutting of fabric, and always used left handed shears. If I cut with right handed ones for any length of time, I would have a numb thumb for several days.
I’ve never noticed that all the high use letters on the keyboard are on the left side. That’s great! I’ll have to remember to appreciate that.
My older siblings warned me that I would be tormented at school by the teachers if I continued in my left handed ways, but really, the teachers hardly mentioned it.
I have a son who is left handed as well. I was pleased about that too, just like the OP. Congrats to you!
Oh, and I’ve been called a mutant freak, because not only am I left handed, but I’m red-headed too. I can see colors though. . .
My father was a lefty, and his son (half brother to me) is a lefty, so I’ve been told. Even in the 1950s here, lefties were being encouraged in schools to change to the right hand. Can’t imagine why anyone would think that was a good thing.
I’m a rightie, but I have a few friends who are lefties and wonderfully creative, imaginative people to boot. Nothin’ wrong with sinistromanualists (such a cool word!) 
Oh a lefty! You must be so proud!
(Can you tell I am also “cackhanded”?)
I’m a lefty. But I am not sharing stories of my left hand, mkay?