If you teach your children at home, weigh the pros and cons of each handwriting method. At most schools, cursive has been thrown out altogether, especially since Common Core doesn’t require it. I hear that some teachers are in such a hurry to get children to write compositions that they offer minimal printing and keyboarding lessons. This emphasis on penmanship has waned over the decades. As a fourth-grader, however, I had lovely handwriting due to my teacher’s requiring all her students to carefully copy poems to improve penmanship. I manually journal most days, but I don’t take the time and care to make my cursive look beautiful. I also stand accused of having poor handwriting, but not from the lack of use. It was sweet of her to remember my children’s birthdays and to even include a note in the snail-mailed cards, a tradition now much neglected. She probably jotted her thoughts down quickly. ![]() To be honest, my friend’s handwriting was difficult to read. My son turned to me and said, “I can’t read this cursive.” A friend sent birthday cards to each of my children (ages 22 and 17) with handwritten notes.
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