I understand what the author is trying to convey, but the world has moved on. Given that it has, BASIC has been replaced with other technologies. Personally, m

I understand what the author is trying to convey, but the world has moved on. Given that it has, BASIC has been replaced with other technologies. Personally, my wife and I take our children education into our own hands and CS has been part of all of there curriculum. For the girls we use Alice http://www.alice.org/kelleher/storytelling/ http://www.alice.org/kelleher/storytelling/ and for the boys we use Mindstorm http://mindstorms.lego.com/en-us/Default.aspx http://mindstorms.lego.com/en-us/Default.aspx , they are as successful, if not more successful at providing a simple yet compelling programming environment that make the children want to embrace them. As well, Flash is a good environment that can give a kid training wheels while they learn ever increasing complexity.