How to boost your kid’s interest and confidence in writing

Parents can let their kids know that creative writing is not a formula with goals far beyond them. ST PHOTO: GIN TAY
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SINGAPORE - Ask your child to sit down and pen a composition, and you might be met with cries of "I don't know what to write".

Educators say this is a common refrain.

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