Relevance of Handwriting in the digital era
Posted on 15/07/2021
Handwriting is one of the important life skill anyone can afford to ignore. Neat and legible handwriting can enable individuals to express their thoughts and perceptions accurately. This attribute of handwriting makes it an essential criterion of assessing an individual's character too. Children are the ones who are most benefitted by having a pleasing handwriting. It is scientifically proven that children as young as three years old develop the tendency to start writing without any external stimuli or influence. With proper guidance and right writing solutions, any child can start holding a pencil at the toddler age itself. However, it is not until age six or seven that the child forms his or her unique handwriting which may continue for the rest of their lives. Unlike the parents of the erstwhile societies Parents of the present era take special interest in facilitating the motor skills and other skill development of their children by enrolling them in practical workshops and academic improvement sessions at a very early age.
Though traditionally it was believed that handwriting once formed cannot be changed, the recent researches and studies conducted by well known linguistic psychologists, It is revealed and which is heartening to know that, there are recent innovations in this field with which anyone can change their handwriting irrespective of their age or education background. Children those who are not happy with their current illegible handwriting need not stick to their early age handwriting if it seems disorderly. In order to achieve this goal, specific interventions are required to bring changes and to enhance handwriting skills of a grown person. There are several tactical strategies with which anyone can improve their handwriting without intensive efforts. In normal cases the process takes about from a month to six months depending on the time and effort spent.
Millennial generation are more skilled at typing at different levels than writing on a piece of paper. However, there are people who maintain regular journals and diaries to pen down important events and ideas. It is said that writing helps focus your thoughts in a calm way. It requires concentration and direction. The effort, time and money used may not seem relevant in this contemporary digital age because the the current age has considerably reduced the dependence on handwriting skills. But its relevance becomes inevitable when we realize the use of handwriting as a tool to understand the personality traits of individuals.