The Letter Writing Kid
In the Internet age, most kids have never seen or written a letter. But school curriculums still include letter writing. And boy, did I have a tough time getting my 8 yo daughter to memorize the different components of a letter, and the order in which they need to be written. Getting her to come up with content for the letter was another challenge. Sound happy, write cheerful things, it’s a letter to your friend for god’s sake, you’re describing something you enjoyed, I railed. All I would get was a very resentful kid going through the motion… Then, a few days later, she was reading a Wimpy Kid book where one of the kids wrote this letter to the author of his favourite series of mystery books: My daughter pounced on the letter and went to town with her criticism: “Where’s the sender’s address?” , she snorted. “No date either” . On a roll now, she demanded, “Who starts a letter without even a “How are you?”” . “And he’s only complaining. He can’t even say one good thin...