It starts as a feeling. A knot in your stomach when your child melts down over homework. A flash of concern when they grip their pencil awkwardly or can’t sit still long enough to write their name.
You tell yourself not to worry—you’ve heard it before: “They’ll grow out of it.” But deep down, something doesn’t feel right.
According to Megan Eldridge, a pediatric occupational therapist and founder of Scribble 2 Script, that gut feeling is often the first clue.