Very worried daughter is given lesson about e.g. writing (10)
I believe the answer is:
distraught
'lesson about e g writing' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'very worried daughter is given' is the wordplay.
'very worried' becomes 'traught' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'daughter' becomes 'd' (genealogical abbreviation).
'given' says to put letters next to each other.
'd'+'is'='dis'
'traught' put after 'dis' is 'DISTRAUGHT'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for distraught that I've seen before include "Very worried and upset" , "crazy" , "wild" , "in a state" , "At one's wits - end" .)