How To Improve Your Child's Handwriting? | Riddhi Deorah

Today I have with me founder of the Global Penmanship Academy, Mr. Imran Baig. And he's been working in the space of human development and mind dynamics for over two decades. And it was when he was in this space that he discovered the strong correlation between our subconscious mind and the letters that we write on that to go deep and dig deep into the world of handwriting and handwriting analysis. And he's been doing this. He's helped more than 15,000 students. He's been associated with more than 1500 schools at a global level and I'm really excited to learn from him. How can handwriting really influence our kids personality and what is the impact that it really has on our children? And not just on our children. In fact I'm very interested to know if I can really change something about my handwriting. And it's really, really interesting this topic. So let's start and it's so, so amazing to have you here Mr. Imran.

And yes, thank you Ruthie and all the wonderful parents out there and the kids. Thank you so much for having me here Riddhi. I'm really looking forward to add value to your community. Yes, handwriting is exciting and that's something which I want to educate through this conversation with you that it's not just about writing. There is a deeper, you know, connection between the hand and the mind. And through this conversation let's bring on more information and see how we can contribute to your community. Yes, yes, I'm excited.

Yes. So let's jump straight into the questions because I have so many questions for you. So my first question to you is that you know, now that everything has shifted online, the education and everything is online. So as a parent, like I have a son, he's five years old and I'm sure there are so many parents who are really struggling to get their children to write because now kids are not going to school. So how can we really sort of encourage our children to start writing?

See that's the biggest, you know, you know, reality we need to be actually be present to. And I see most of the parents don't, you know, they actually get present to this importance of writing. Okay. Especially now it's because everything is online. They still have a one more reason saying that okay Imran, everything is online. My child not necessarily have to be writing now. You know, the education system is changing and things like. But what they fail to understand is dear parents and all the kids who are listening this, you know what our education system is. So that starting from an entrance exam to a nursery school to A higher school to even a professional program which your child is going to be enrolling into requires to be written. And you know what? Even the highest, you know, competitive exam, like the civil exams requires you to write for not only three hours, but more than that. And if you're going to sit there and think, imran, handwriting is not important now, you're depriving your child out of a very important skill because the research says the way you write letters, and if the child understands the anatomy of the letter formation, he has a better confidence over the letter pronunciation and also the spellings, rather than just clicking that button. So the way your brain behaves is different when you click that button and get the letter on the screen and then you actually write it. So that's where everything has to change. So our approach towards writing has to be seen because writing is a very important aspect of your academics. Right, right.

What you're trying to say is that it's very important for us as parents to first understand that it's really important for us to get them to write. Right. So that's one part of the question. But, you know, like, how do we really encourage them to actually write? Because they really don't want to now that they don't see anybody doing it. Even as parents, you know, we are mostly working on our laptops or on our mobile or tablets, so there's very little writing that they are exposed to. So how can we create that environment for them that they really want to write?

Yeah, very true. Because as you rightly pointed out, children learn by seeing it. And if they don't see anybody else writing around them, you know, including their parents, and everybody is, you know, busy scrolling up and down to the screen and typing it on the system. And yes, children do learn by seeing and the parents have to take the first step forward. That's why, you know, whenever children, I work with children, I also make sure the parents also part of the conversation. And I want some contribution, one activity where the entire family is coming together and writing down. So the way your brain behaves is different when you click that button and get the letter on the screen and then you actually write it. So that's where everything has to change. So our approach towards writing shots to be seen because writing is a very important aspect of your academics. Right, right.

What you're trying to say is that.

It'S very important for the fail to understand this. Dear parents and all the kids who are listening this, you know what our education system is so that starting from an entrance exam to A nursery school to a higher school to even a professional program which your child is going to be enrolling into requires to be written. And you know what? Even the highest, you know, competitive exam, like the civil exams requires you to write.

Us as parents to first understand that it's really important for us to get.

Them to write for not only three hours, but more than that. And if you're going to sit there and think, imran, handwriting is not important now, you're depriving your child out of a very important skill because the research says the way you write letters and if the child understands the anatomy of the letter formation, he has a better.

Right. So that's one part of the question. But, you know, like, how do we really encourage them to actually write? Because they really don't want to now.

That they don't, for not only three hours, but more than that. And if you're going to sit there and think, imran, handwriting is not important.

I don't see anybody doing it. Even as parents, you know, we are mostly working on our laptops or on our.

You're depriving your child out of a very important skill because the research says the way you write letters and if the child understands the anatomy of the letter formation, he has a better, you know, confidence over the letter pronunciation and also the spellings, rather than just clicking that button. So the way your brain behaves is different when you click that button and get the letter on the screen and then you actually write it. So that's where everything has to change. So our approach towards writing chats to be seen, because writing is a very important aspect of your academics. Right, right.

What you're trying to say is that it's very important for mobile or tablets. So there's very little writing that they are exposed to. So how can you create that environment for them that they really want to write?

Yeah, very true. Because as you rightly pointed out, children learn by seeing it. And if they don't see anybody else writing around them, you know, including their parents, and everybody is, you know, busy scrolling up and down to the screen and typing it on, the system asks.

Parents to first understand that it's not really important for us to get them to write. Right. So that's one part of the question. But, you know, like, how do we really encourage them to actually write? Because they really don't want to now that they don't see anybody doing it. Even as parents, you know, we are mostly working on our laptops or on our.

Yes, children do learn by seeing. And the Parents have to take the first step forward. That's why, you know, confidence over the letter pronunciation and also the spellings rather than just clicking that button. So the way your brain behaves is different when you click that button and get the letter on the screen and then you actually write it. So that's where everything has to change. So our approach towards writing chats to be seen because writing is a very important aspect of your academics. Right, right.

What you're trying to say is that it's very important for by law or tablets. So there's very little writing that they are exposed to. So how can we create that environment for them that they really want to write?

Yeah, very true. Because as you write us as parents.

To first understand that it's really important for us to get them to write. Right. So that's one part of the question. But you know, like how do we.

Really pointed out children learn by seeing it and if they don't see anybody else writing around them, you know, including their parents, and everybody is, you know, busy scrolling up and down to the screen and typing it on the system. You know, whenever children, I work with children, I also make sure the parents also part of the conversation and I want some contribution one activity where the entire family is coming together and writing down. So earlier at least then the grocery list was made handwritten at least into the phone numbers. We used to be the system. Yes, children do learn by seeing and the parents have to take the first step forward. That's why, you know, whenever children I work with children, I also make sure the parents also part of the conversation. And I want handwritten. But now everything is online tap of the button. But that's the best way is to be in some contribution one activity where the entire family is coming together and writing down. So earlier at least then the grocery list was made handwritten at least into the phone numbers.

We used to be written them to actually write because they really don't want to now that they don't see anybody doing it. Even as parents, you know, we are mostly working on our laptops or on our mobile or tablets. So there's very little writing that they are exposed to. So how can we create that environment for them that they really want to write?

Yeah, very true. Because as you write a reflection, you know, if your child can see you writing and you know, exploring different dimensions of writing and he or she will naturally pick it that up.

Right, right.

So that's really nice. And for me personally, I feel that when I'm writing, my thinking is much Deeper versus when I'm handwritten.

But now everything is online. Tap of the button. But that's the best way is to be the reflection. You know, if your child can see you writing and you know, exploring different dimensions of writing and he or she will naturally pick that up.

Right? Right.

So that's really nice. And for me personally, I feel that when I'm writing, my thinking is much deeper versus when I'm just typing it on the laptop. So whenever I write my blog articles or anything that even just typing it on the laptop. So whenever I write my blog articles or anything that even if I'm writing a post for Instagram, I feel much more comfortable first doing it on a piece of paper.

You pointed out, children learn by seeing and if they don't see anybody else writing around them.

But my thoughts actually flow very easily. And that's when you know, I can structure it and then type it, you.

Know, including their parents. And everybody is, you know, busy scrolling up and down the screen and typing it on the system.

But if I start writing it on a laptop, somehow it doesn't work for me. So is this, is this.

Yes, children do learn by seeing and the parents have to take the first step forward. That's why, you know, whenever children I work with children, I also make sure the parents also part of the conversation.

And I want, if I'm writing a post for Instagram, I feel much more comfortable first doing it on a piece of paper. Some reason why this happened or it's just me.

What you.

My thoughts actually flow very easily and that's when you know, I can structure it and then type it out, but if I start writing it on a laptop, somehow it doesn't work for me. So is this, is there some reason why this happened or it's just me?

What you mentioned right now is very natural. And that's how it's. It is. And that's why we have a lot of references where you know, when you write, you're actually adding more power to your thoughts. And that's one some contribution, one activity where the entire family is coming together and writing down. So earlier at least then the grocery list was made handwritten, at least into the phone numbers who used to be written handwritten, but now everything is online. Tap of the button. But that's the best way is to be the reflection. If your child can see you writing and you know, exploring different dimensions of writing as where you know, when you write, you actually adding more power to your thoughts. And that's why he or she will Naturally pick that up.

Right, right.

So that's really nice.

You know, there are many sayings which actually goes on to saying, you know, 100 times reading is better than, you know, you know, one time writing. You know, one time writing is better than 100 times reading. So what you need to really understand is your brain and your hand has a huge coordination when you're actually writing.

And for me personally, I feel that when I'm writing, my thinking is much deeper versus when I'm just typing it on the laptop. So whenever I write my blog articles or anything, that even if I'm writing a post for Instagram, I feel much more comfortable first doing it on a piece of paper, my thoughts actually flow very easily. And that's when, you know, I can structure it and then type it out, but if I start writing it on a laptop, somehow it doesn't work for me. So is this, is there some reason why this happened or it's just me?

What you mentioned right now is very natural. And that's how it is. And that's why we have a lot of references where, you know, when you write, you're actually adding more power to your thoughts. And that's why, you know, there are many sayings which actually goes on to say, you know, 100 times reading is better than, you know, you know, one time writing, you know, one time writing is better than 100 times reading. So what you need to really understand is your brain and your hand has a huge, you know, coordination when you're actually writing. You know, handwriting sounds simple, but it's a very complex process because there's so many muscles, so many bones coming into action. And I should tell you this, the blueprint of all your letter formation is in your brain. It's in your mind. And when you're writing, you know, it actually comes together. That's why your flow of thoughts gets more better, because you're doing something which is so very natural, and that's why you don't experience the same thing when you're actually typing it up.

Right, Right.

Okay, and my next question for you is that like, for like, you know, in the Indian education system, like how they teach in schools, you know, they write letter A on one piece of paper and they expect the child to repeat it multiple times and fill that sheet of paper. Then they move to the next letter and you're supposed to write the whole sheet again. But do you think that's a good way to do it or, you know, we should not really ask them to do it? So many Times because I feel that kids get very bored or they start losing interest in the whole activity of writing because of having to do it so many times.

True. I completely relate, completely relate to this question because I want to tell you something. So there is a difference between handwriting improvement and handwriting development. Okay? And most of the parents and teachers don't get this right? And the question what you asked me is related to handwriting development and dear teachers and your parents, if you're listening to this, what I want to tell you is that allow the child to understand the letter first and allow the child to develop his or her own style of writing letters. And the challenge and the biggest, you know, breakdown when it comes to making the child right is you bring in too many restrictions. I say he like, you know, you need to hold it like this and you need to actually get this thing. In a similar way, when you bring in too many instructions, the child actually starts resisting. And that's why handwriting becomes boring. You know, allow your child to understand the concept, okay, A should be appearing like that and allow the child to pick up his or her own style and then we can always fine tune it. But if you're going to duplicate whatever the teacher is writing down and things like that, no, it really does not resonate that way.

Right?

Yes. And this is a question which can be a very strange question, but, you know, it's something that I thought of, so I thought I'll ask you because you're an expert at this. So, like as kids, you know, we are all taught how to write letter A, letter B. And there are 40 kids in the same class, they're learning the same thing. But as we grow older, we all develop such different ways of writing. You know, like now that we are learning the same thing, what we reproduce on that piece of paper should be the same, but it's so different for each one of us. So how does the transition happen automatically, you know, learning the same thing and doing something very different later.

Thank you for that example because I always use this when I'm actually educating the teachers. I do a lot of free training for teachers to bring in their awareness of writing. And I actually tell them, see the same teacher who is emphasizing that the.

Child has, I'm just typing it on the laptop. So whenever I write my blog articles.

Or anything that you write the copy book writing every day as part of the curriculum. And some of the, you know, kids are punished for not actually writing the copy book writing and as an assignment, as a record and things like that. And the same Very teacher, during the examination, can actually pick up the answer sheet and exactly tell who this hand answer sheet belongs to, because it. Everybody rides differently. So, dear teachers and the parents, you're listening. You know, no matter how much you emphasize the child to follow a particular pattern, the child will bring in his own style of writing. You know why your handwriting is as unique as your fingerprint? There's nobody else who can write the way you write. Because the way you think, the way you process information, the way you actually learn, the way you take decisions is as unique as who you are. And that's what is reflecting in your handwriting, too. And that's why no matter how much you insist your child to actually write a particular way, he will definitely write. Because that's how the thinking pattern is, and that's how the reflection will happen onto the screen around to the paper, what the child is writing.

Right? Right.

Yes. And the next question that I have is that, does our mood also influence how we write? Like, you know, does our handwriting change based on our mood? I'm asking you these questions because it's difficult to find answers to these questions unless you've gone really deep into the subject. Because I feel that, you know, I do gratitude journal every day in the morning, and sometimes, like, I'm in a very good mood, in a very happy mood. So I was just going through my gratitude journal before this interview just to see my own handwriting. I noticed that, you know, my handwriting is different on different pages. It's not the same. So I, you know, because every day you can't feel the same. So maybe, you know, on days, maybe I was not feeling overly excited or happy about my day, I see that there is a difference in my handwriting. So. So is this true or is this just me reading too much?

Definitely. Your mood and your state of mind has a lot to do with the writing. And, you know, I'm sure, you know, if you go back to your, you know, learning days, when you're in the college, when you're writing a boring lecture notes, handwriting was completely different. And the same way that you, you know, if somebody's writing a love letter, you know, the writing is different than actually what you're writing in the boring lecture. And definitely the mood and the state of mind actually reflects onto the handwriting and the way you write. But for an expert like me, for a person who is actually understanding letters, the stroke formation remains the same, and that's something which you need to really look at. So know the face value, the handwriting looks different. But you know, what you have a blueprint in your mind, and no matter wherever you write, in whatever state you're in, the sum of the letters and the stroke formation remains the same. So the same very you. If you're writing it on the wall or if you're writing on the door or if you're writing on the paper, the stroke formation is something which you already have as a blueprint in your mind, and that remains the same even though you see subtle changes in your writing because of your mood and your state of mind.

Okay, so my next question is that, like, you know, so let's say if I have a certain style of writing and that reflects who I am, but now if I really want to improve the way I write, does it mean that I'm trying to be somebody else or forcing myself to be somebody else? Or do you recommend that we should work on a handwriting and make it a little better?

No, that's a very good question. Thank you for asking that. Because what is important is first, dear parents and the kids, you need to understand what your handwriting is speaking about you. Because in the name of change, I don't want you to change something which is working for you. So that's where we pitch in. You know, we want to educate parents about what your child's handwriting is communicating about your child. So the handwriting actually tells you how, what is your child's learning pattern? See, some children learn better when they see it. Some children learn better when they actually are, you know, handholded, given instructions, you know, couple of times you need to repeat it. But once they learn it, they tend to keep it for longer time. So there are different thinking patterns and handwriting reflects the same. And that's the idea. That's what I'm telling all the parents out there that don't change, bring in improvement, improvisation in your handwriting of your child without even understanding what is required to be done.

Right, right.

Because your handwriting reflects the way you think, the way you understand, the way you behave, the way you express your emotions. I have seen a lot of kids or who are very, very hesitant. They're very socially selective. They're very, very choosy about who they move around and the way they learn. So everything is unique. And yes, handwriting reflects that. And when you're working with children, you need to be very, very, you know, aware of all these things. But having said all these things, I also like you to understand that, see, children are growing up and the same growth is going to reflect in their handwriting, because you're not the same very child who's in the third standard with the running nose, with a handkerchief in your hand. But as and when you keep growing up, your handwriting will also have the changes getting reflected because not only you're growing physically, but you're also growing mentally. So you need to be aware of this transition. Because we don't write the same way what we used to write in the college, because we have grown up to be much more mature than what we were, you know, in the college. So that same changes are going to be reflecting. And that's why when I work with children, I want to have parents with me. So that you need to understand how your child learning capacity is, how your child is actually be able to express his her emotions. And based on that, we help them to change their handwriting. And this process is called as graphotherapy.

Right.

So can you tell us a little about graphotherapy, a little more in detail? Because this is completely new to me. So let's say I have a child, he's five year old, so I bring him to you. So now what is it that we'll do with him to understand and to actually make him go through this whole process? If you can just explain this.

Having been working with children, I know one thing I've understood is children love logic. The moment you give them the logical reasoning, they fall in love with the process. And children don't like it when you say no, you just have to write it because I'm asking you to write it. No, they want to understand why. So if you can answer that, why? The children tend to bring in more commitment towards whatever they're doing. So when a child comes in contact with me, what I do is I help the child understanding and evaluating his or her own handwriting. So what I'm going to show on the screen to them is that look into this and tell me, do you have this five elements which makes your handwriting scientific and legible. So the child actually sits with me and tries to understand does he have consistency in the letter formation? So is a child is able to repeat the same style of writing letter A or a, B or C throughout the paragraph or throughout the sentence. And when the child sees it, you know there is more commitment because most of the parents and teachers are insisting children having a better handwriting improve your handwriting. You see a lot of remarks in the, you know, the report card, you know, work hard on your handwriting, you know, you need to improve your handwriting. But nobody talks about what to improve, nobody talks about what aspect has to be changed. So I do that. I basically communicate to children, I made them undergo this process, and that's why they evaluate their handwriting. It's not about good or bad handwriting. It's not even about, you know, identifying whether you're writing beautifully or not. So it's all about identifying the technical aspects. So the consistency in the letter formation. I asked children to look into the handwriting, how many letters they're able to connect and write. You know, are they doing it on a consistent level? Because some children write it in particular places. They write two, three letters connected, and some places they're writing independent letters. And some of the schools nowadays, I don't really understand this, but they're insisting children to write in a print style of writing. So that means they want all children to write in a print style. That means writing every letter independently. And I don't get that, because the more you connect and write, the more better is your flow of thoughts, the more better is your rhythm in the writing. And the third aspect is the zones. You know, there are certain letters which are supposed to go up, letters supposed to go down. So this is the journey I take the children in the process. I understand. I get their world. Some children, you know, they take lot of time to write, to write one paragraph. The parent has to put in a lot of efforts because he writes two lines and he wants to go take a rest because mama hand is painting and they have. I've seen children have this habit, right? Two, three lines, they're already breaking the knuckles. They're actually doing like this, like this, as if, you know, it was a big thing, you know, task to complete that. So I teach them hand exercises because most of the kids don't have a proper hand muscle development. Many reasons, you know, one, they're not eating enough nutritious food. Number two, they're not doing enough physical activity. They're mostly onto the screen. You know, they. I always tell this, children at home are doing nothing but shifting the screens, starting from the smaller screen to a bigger screens to the computer to the TV there. So when we were growing up, you know, remember when we used to grow in the process, we did a lot of things, you know, flying the kite, you know, playing with the marbles and playing with the clay. And that actually no. Stimulated our hand finger muscles. And that's why we could write better and we have more strength compared to our child. So, dear parents, you know, what is important is we need to start working from the grassroots level, strengthening your child's hand muscles. That's why I have simple exercises. The child does not have to go out, no requirement of any other activity that sit on the desk. Complete this few exercises I which I train children into, and I give them logic for every aspect. You know, why you have a dent in your hand when you're holding the pen? Because you're gripping the pen wrong, or maybe you're choosing the wrong pencil. So when you educate children like this, really, you know, they fall in love with writing. Then that's what I do. You know, when parents and children come to me, I don't help them to improve their handwriting. I don't work on the technical aspect. All I do is give them enough reasons to fall in love with writing and then everything falls into place. Because the biggest roadblock is the child does not know what is the importance of writing.

Right, right.

And if you address that, then things changes.

Yes, yes, that's very deep. But I love that how you mentioned that you give logical reason for everything. Because I remember as a student, I actually got that remark that improve your handwriting. Mostly for my examination papers, like my homework and everything was very neat because we had enough time. But exam, because you had to rush it. It wasn't very clean. And I did get that. And I didn't know how to fix it because when I was writing in speed, it just did not happen. Because I feel that, you know, I was very stressed to actually get over with my paper that the handwriting was not as good as it should have been. So, yes, I completely. I wish, you know, like, I knew about the science back then. And my next question, question to you, which is something most mothers really want the answer to, is when is the right time to give our children pencil? Like, what is the right time to introduce it? Is it like a age thing or we should go as per our child's development. How do we identify that? Okay, my child is ready to start writing.

See, the answer is very simple. The earlier the better. But the problem with most of the parents nowadays is that the moment you hand over the pencil to your child, you expect him to perform and you expect him to bring in, you know, magic on the paper. No. Dear parents, I believe in a very, very organic way of learning. You know, I, I love the slates, I love the chalk, I love the crayons, and I start from there. Don't directly jump into the pencil, okay? And not even, don't even bring in the sketch pens and things like that. So start with something which is as simple as a crayon or a chalk and, you know, a board, and then let the child start getting hold of that. So no, you know what, the fine motor skills is where it is very important for the child to get understanding of it. And then you can see the same reflection happening into, you know, bringing the pencil and then the paper and then the lines and the strokes to don't expect your child to get the straight line. Get the sleeping line, get it. This is not really required. Give him the pen, give him the chalk and give him the crown. Allow him to be fully expressive. And then naturally you bring in certain, certain changes like, okay, can you make a circle out of it? Can you actually connect this dot to this dot? And then the transition is easy. I see most of the parents, either they don't do it at all or they overdo it. And when you bring in too many restrictions to the child, the child starts resisting. And when it comes to pencil, I like to bring in a conversation with the. Most of the parents are not aware of choosing a right pencil for their child, okay? They think buying a fancy pencil is better. Okay? Buying a pencil with a lot of topping on the pencil, which is, you know, the fancy or maybe the child likes it. That's why the child knows. Dear parents, the length of the pencil matters, the shape of the pencil matters. Okay? And I have a concept related to erasers. I have a concept related to pen pencil. So you need to have a education into all these things.

Right? Right.

So, okay, so how do we know now, now that you brought this up, please also give us the answer to this. What is the right length of the pencil and what is the right type of pencil that we should be using?

Surely, you know, I love to, you know, educate parents on this. See, first of all, you know, let's start with the shape of the pencil. In the market you get a lot of pencils. And my suggestion is pick up a pencil which is hexagonal in shape or a round shape. Because most of the parents think buying a triangular shape pencil is easy because the gripping is more better, the child finds it more comfortable. But dear parents, sooner or later your child has to transit from a pencil to a pen. And no pen comes in a triangular shape. All the pens comes in the round shape. So a hexagonal shape or a round shaped pencil is always better. Number two, choose a pencil which is made up of a traditional wood. You know, nowadays you get a lot of, you know, smart materials used in making pencil. Now don't go for it. You know, I see some poly, you know, something made up of plastic and, you know, and things like that. No synthetic material where the Pencil tends to bend over a period of time. So don't buy that. Don't buy pencils with the eraser on the top of it because it adds on to the weight of the writing and the child actually gets more attracted towards using the eraser more often.

This has actually happened with me just the other day I changed my pen, changed the pencil for my son because you write something and then started erasing it and writing. So there was more erasing than writing that was happening just like you mentioned. So yes. So it's a hexagonal or a round pencil without a rubber topic.

Yeah, the traditional pencils, natras, the apsaras and I don't like to mention any brand names but yeah, anything which is traditional pencils is always better. And don't think about the environment. Imran, we are avoiding the wooden pencil because we are contributing to anyone. Don't worry. All this is recyclable and there's so much which you are actually supporting the nature. There's nothing against that.

Right, right.

That's a very nice thing. So, and my next question, just to.

Continue the conversation about the length of the pencil. You know, the thing is, don't buy a too smaller of a pencil or not too big of a pencil. For example, there are pencil available in the market where you have a spec size of the pencil. They already have it trimmed and it's only available so you can actually pick that up and when you're using a pencil. So as the moment your pencil reaches a place where it has gone to this point, you see this, right. Stop using the pencil the moment it grows lesser than that because you know this is going to hamper your child's handwriting. Use the smaller pencil for drawing and shading and other person, other activity. But the moment it reaches this point, stop the pencil, you know, it should always be higher and it should be resting in this area when your child is gripping it.

Right, Right.

So my next question is that how does a child handwriting actually reflect their personality? Because you've spoken a lot about this in your articles that you know, the handwriting really is a reflection of our personality. So is there like a way of reading it? Do we have to go and expert. Go to an expert to understand how this works or can we also do it as parents at home?

Yeah. My suggestion is to start. The parents should take in charge of this so that you know you're the first point of contact to your child and I don't believe in that. You don't, you don't have to go to get your child's handwriting analyzed. Because one of the things I follow is I don't analyze handwritings of children until they reach a particular age because their hand, the personality is under transition, right? They're still growing up, they're still getting hold of the world and things. But nowadays the children are getting mature very, very fast. They understand things much more, you know, better than what we were at our age group of that, you know. And yeah, as a parent, what you need to do is just be aware. What is your child's learning pattern? What is your child's ability to comprehend information? Do you see that your child is repeating the same mistakes again and again? Do you realize that the child requires you to be with the child when the child is actually writing? So all these aspects can help you to decode and support looking at the child's handwriting. So once you understand your child's learning pattern, it can make it easy for you to be more effective in supporting your child. And now that you also know that, okay, your child's learning abilities like this, then you can actually, you know, support him. For example, most of the parents are not aware of certain learning disabilities. And they don't because they're not aware of it. They don't identify it in the early age. Okay? It's as simple as this. You know, most of the parents think that children have bad handwriting and they're searching for a handwriting improvement class. But I should tell you this, handwriting improvement class is not the solution for all the handwriting related problems. Okay? Dear parents, there's something called as dysgraphia. Okay? So dysgraphia is basically a disability where the child fails to put across what he knows here onto the paper. You know, that's why there is a conflict in the PTA meeting. The parent and the teachers are always into this, you know, a small argument. The parent says, ask my child. He knows all the answers. He will answer everything. And the teacher says, ma', am, only when the child writes it. I can give the marks.

Yes, right.

And this graph here is where your child is very good orally, but he is not as efficient as he is orally onto the paper. That means the letters are missing, sometimes the words are missing in the sentence, and sometimes the spelling is the.