Ambidexterity?

My husband is ambidextrous.
Not only that but he can operate 2 mice on 2 computers at the same time - I've seen him do it.
That makes him ambi-mouse-trous!
I've NEVER heard of ambidexterity causing any sort of mental disability.

That is by far the craziest thing I have ever heard! Most kids that are ambidextrous are that way because they are actually lefties that were taught to use their right hand.

I am ambidextrous, yes I have ADHD, but I would bet the house I am also a heck of a lot smarter than you. Everything is a give and take, just chill.

Being ambidextrous doesn't damage anything.
Kids used to be forced into what amounted to a false ambidexterity because people thought left-handedness was "abnormal" and would go so far as to tie a kid's left hand behind his back to MAKE him use his right. THAT would be damaging. For a kid to decide on her own to teach hersekf a new skill is not damaging at all.

I am a righty by nature, but taught myself to use my left hand also, comes in handy when I'm writing on our blackboard for lessons since I put it in an odd spot.

Anyways, sorry, but I'm not sure what you are reading, never heard of it.

Pretty cool that she taught herself to wring lefty. I taught myself to read upside down when I was a kid. It's a skill that comes in pretty handy. Teaching yourself new skills is actually good for your brain.

Usually left handed people tend to be more inclined to use both hands for things because they live in a right handed world. Out of 4 kids, 3 are left handed. They all use right handed things like can openers and scissors because I figured that in a right handed world it didn't make sense to offer left handed only things. When my daughter's nursery school gave her left handed scissors she couldn't use them.

My son is a bit ambidextrous. He chose to learn writing right handed, but he shoots a gun and bow left handed as well as batting and he golfs right handed.
It's pretty cool that she taught herself. She's obviously very bright to make a conscious effort to learn that - I never could. I wouldn't be concerned at all.

What you were reading I'm sure was related to the tradition of forcing children to write with their right hand and punishing them for using their left. (left handedness traditionally was considered wrong and even evil). You aren't forcing her, she's choosing something very cool for herself and she's fine. 20% of the population is ambidextrous, while only 10% are truly left handed. My husband is ambidextrous and is one of the smartest, most wonderful people I know.

My guess is that whatever you read got confused on the difference between correlation and causation. I just took a child psych class which specifically touched on this topic and while there is a correlation between people with mental disabilities and being ambidextrous (or actually with being left-handed is what I remember more), that doesn't mean causation exists. In other words, a high number of people with mental disabilities are left-handed or ambidextrous, but that "handedness" did not CAUSE them to have the problems.

As everyone else is pointing out, it's actually very cool that she can do this. Wish I could!

This sounds crazy to me. I agree with the poster below that perhaps what you read was when you force a lefty to be a righty, not when someone does it for fun or because they have a natural inclination.

IMO, I think handedness is a continuum like anything else. Some people are strongly right handed. Some are strongly left handed. Most are somewhere in between.

I personally am somewhere between lefty and ambidexterous. I write left handed but when bored in middle and high school, I used to take class notes right handed just to entertain myself when the teacher moved too slowly through a lesson. I can throw a ball equally well with either hand. But I use scissors righty. Etc.

And, I always did well in school and have a PhD. I see no reason why you should be concerned.