At what age should a child be able to handle a knife and fork properly? Our nearly-8 year old granddaughter holds her knife and fork clumsily, cannot cut up her food and sometimes eats with her fingers. Her parents think she will grow out of it but we think she needs to be taught how to hold her cutlery properly. She is equally bad at holding a pencil and her writing is awful. Otherwise she is a bright and energetic little girl who loves to dance, do gymnastics, etc. We do not want to criticise her very loving parents and have to be careful with our granddaughter because she tends to have very low esteem and finds both praise and criticism hard to cope with. She was adopted at age 3 after a decidedly rocky start in life and I gather this esteem problem is very common in adopted children. I should add that she is surrounded by people who love her dearly. Any thought and advice would be welcome.
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