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Hi
My daughter is 6 yrs old. She is in I std .Her problems is that she is shabby in any work that involves paper(writing, drawing etc) she is good at pot painting and there she is perfect and not at all clumsy. This clumsy work in the classwork affects her other activities in school.

Please Help... Tony S replied. Hi Leela,
Dont worry your daughter is a very creative child. Creative people have a very active right brain and think laterally. They are also shabby and highly disorganised. You might have to motivate her to keep tidy work. Dont criticize her when she makes her writing or drawing shabby. Just tell her that she shlud be neat in everything she does. At that time, praise good things in her. This way u can motivate her. Also when u write something or anyone in the family does neat tidy writing, u can show it to her and appreciate it without comparing it with her work. Apaprt from this does she tidy up her room, her bookshelf, study desk and does she see u keeping a neat and tidy kitchen and home ? All these go a long way in developing tidy keeping habits, but remember do not go overboard on anything, creative people are like that. Just take care to see that she improves slowly and dont expect a drastic change. Keep encouraging her improvements always.