Art of legible writing was quite strict when we were schooled, fortunately by following through first three grades one was then left to develop ones own style.
No TV reading books (not comics) was normal, Secret Seven, Gerald Durrell or similar, perhaps times we grew up in our parent guided, and very glad they did.
Yeah, these days most kids don't know how to write as it's all digital so maybe even my bad handwriting is something to be proud of in comparison to the youth of today.
Not writing as much now squiggles only we can decipher, earlier years that was normally exclusively doctors who wrote out prescriptions.