Just read this article which said that handwriting cursive can have benefits beyond developing fine-motor skills:

<< “This myth that handwriting is just a motor skill is just plain wrong,” Dr. Berninger said. “We use motor parts of our brain, motor planning, motor control, but what’s very critical is a region of our brain where the visual and language come together, the fusiform gyrus, where visual stimuli actually become letters and written words.” You have to see letters in “the mind’s eye” in order to produce them on the page, she said. Brain imaging shows that the activation of this region is different in children who are having trouble with handwriting. >>

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/06/20/why-handwriting-is-still-essential-in-the-keyboard-age/

I am a little skeptical of the importance of cursive, but I don't mind teaching it to my kids! My son is working on his cursive now, and at the very least it should help him be able to read cursive handwriting. And if it really helps with other stuff too (including executive function), all the better!

Will your LO learn cursive?