God forbid kids learn a skill. When I was 10-11 I loved making silly little programs in BASIC. I had fun, it was something I could play with my friends with (a

God forbid kids learn a skill. When I was 10-11 I loved making silly little programs in BASIC. I had fun, it was something I could play with my friends with (a lot of my time was spent in a silly "chat bot", and a "choose your own adventure" text game), and I'm almost certain it led to my career.