Reading Between the Lines of a Child’s Writing

For parents and teachers involved in the rearing of children, the core intention is the physical and mental well being of the little minds and providing them with the opportunities to develop into good human beings, capable of leading successful lives. The task is a mixture of the pleasure of success and frustrating challenges especially when it comes to getting children to do something differently or develop a specific behavior. This is because children do not have the same abilities of verbal expression as we adults do. They are also unable to internally comprehend their feelings and reactions because their powers of introspection and insight are not fully developed. A result of this is that young fertile minds react negatively to positive influences and positively to negative influences.

Understanding a child and the manner in which her thoughts take shape is the key towards providing appropriate guidance to her. Children’s handwriting analysis can play a very pivotal role and enable adults to gain valuable information about the child which may then be put to good use for the well-being and welfare of the child concerned. 

A graphologist studies the samples of a child’s handwriting and drawings and makes an assessment of the child’s nature, thinking pattern and inherent tendencies as a part of children’s handwriting analysis. This is a very simple and effective process because it does not involve any kind of questioning of the child or putting the child through some kind of psychological tests which may make the child feel uncomfortable. The child is encouraged to function in her natural surroundings and behave spontaneously with a pencil and paper which allows for the graphologist to catch the natural tendencies of the child.

Having the child’s handwriting analyzed, throws up a lot of information about the child which needs to be worked upon by the child’s parents and teachers. Special emphasis needs to be given to ironing out the negative traits. Once again, there is the challenge of making the child understand what she needs to do and why she needs to do it. Handwriting therapy is what can be of help here.

The graphologist who has analyzed the child’s handwriting would be able to suggest various writing exercises which if done regularly by the child would benefit her. Parents and teachers need to know that handwriting therapy does not call for radical changes to the child’s handwriting; rather it is about making some minor changes or drawing some repetitive patterns which would bring about wonderful modification to the child’s personality.

Parents and teachers may learn the technique of children’s handwriting analysis which would help them in guiding young children better. Having knowledge of handwriting therapy is also an important asset.

The Interesting World of Graphology

Graphology is the scientific name for handwriting analysis. We could not have put it more simply than this and yet it is a fascinating science which leads one to discover the multiple dimensions in which the human mind works and takes us into the depths of the human nature and broadens our understanding and hones our perspective of mankind.

A person’s true personality is known only to himself or herself. The politics of all kinds of relationships is such that no one reveals their true motives and thoughts to someone else, no matter how intense their proximity. Everyone has a few facets to their nature which they prefer keeping to themselves, however, unknowingly, we leave an imprint of the working of our minds every time we take a pen to paper and write something. As any student of graphology would tell you, each one of us has a unique and distinct personality which reveals itself in our unique and distinct handwriting; this is because our thought patterns form various neural pathways which reveal themselves through the movement of the nerves and muscles which control the act of writing.

Graphology or handwriting analysis actually studies the handwriting samples of an individual and then charts out the constituents of the individual’s personality, thought patterns and motivations and even the trigger-points which lead to the individual reacting or responding in a specific manner. Let it be mentioned here that this level of analysis is the forte of those who have been practicing graphology with dedication for a long, long time. 

All other forms of personality assessment call for the involvement of the person being assessed and it may result in the person putting up barriers to his personality and thereby distorting the assessment outcome. There is no such fear with graphology because this study of handwriting is a very unobtrusive manner of getting to know a person and that too very well, as it does not require the one whose handwriting is being analyzed to by physically present or even involved in the process

Over time, handwriting analysis has proved itself to be very useful in the following areas:

1.       Understanding the minds of children and young people who are not able to put their thoughts and feelings into appropriate words.

2.       Provide career and vocational guidance to young person’s which are in keeping with their personalities.

3.       Help understand partners, colleagues, companions, friends and relatives better so as to have more productive relationships.

4.       Enable the recruitment of candidates have the emotional skill-sets which are compatible for the job under consideration.

5.       Personality awareness for those individuals who are striving to evolve as better personalities by eliminating or reducing their negative traits.

Graphology is therefore an extremely empowering and useful skill to learn.

The Varied Uses of Interpretation of Handwriting

It is surprising but trues that there people out there who are experts in the interpretation of handwriting. This is not some hocus-pocus about predicting the future and stuff like that but a concerted effort in studying the mode and manner of a person’s handwriting and building the character sketch of the person. There is a scientific name to this analysis of handwriting, it is known as graphology.

The technique of handwriting analysis has existed since the ancient of times. Diverse civilizations such as the Chinese, the Greeks and the Sumerians have left behind evidence of their having discovered that the way a person wrote was a projection of that person’s inner personality. The term “graphology” was first coined and used in 1622 by CamilloBaldi, an Italian doctor in the book that he wrote on this subject. Interpretation of handwriting as a science became more acceptable and popular at the turn of the nineteenth century when psychology became an acceptable field of study and specialization. Today there are several institutions and associations all over the world which offer training and accreditation in this subject.

Graphology is an extremely potent tool for identifying an individual’s quality and capacity which is a further indicator of such individual’s talent and potential. It is especially useful in the following areas:

1. Recruitment and Hiring - By assessing a candidate’s true personality which is never revealed during the interview process and determining whether the candidate possesses the required natural dynamics to be a good fitment for the role under consideration.

2. Determining the Training Needs of Employees in an Organisation - Helps to understand the morale and areas of improvement of employees which are not expressed openly and to use the information to provide the employees with the appropriate training to help them thrive in their jobs.

3. Career Guidance - By enabling the comprehension of the strengths and weaknesses of a person, interpretation of handwritinghelps to guide him or her towards those career options best suited to their natures.

4. Child Mental Health - Graphology helps in understanding the working of a child’s mind as he or she might not be able to articulate her problems properly. Through a study of the child’s writing pattern, a clear deduction may be made of what is happening inside the child’s mind.

5. Partner Compatibility - Makes the understanding of one’s partner better by providing an insight into the partner’s nature and thinking patterns which is otherwise not visible through his or her speech or actions.

6. Self-Improvement - Graphology helps a person to see himself or herself more clearly as a person and also to work towards strengthening and building her personality.

For those who are focussed and interested, the skills needed for Graphology are not very difficult to learn, but it calls for a lot of patient practice, after all one need to be proficient enough to make the correct interpretation of handwriting.