Why do kids write some numbers and letters in mirror image?

Question

I’ve been practicing the ABCs and 123s with my son and notice that certain letters (J N P S Z) and numbers (4 6) he always writes backwards/mirror imaged. I’ve seen other kids, and even my own writings as a child, have the same quirk. Is this pretty much universal?

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Answer 1

Is your kid left handed. It happens to a lot of us. We try to mimic your exact motion but with the wrong hand. As an example, 6. A right handed person starts at the top right and loops in (as if toward the center of their chest) and down on the page. A left handed person doing that same thing will loop in, but from the opposite side.