> And it may sound old fashioned, but making things too easy for kids makes them less independent and less willing to put in the effort required for learning.

> And it may sound old fashioned, but making things too easy for kids makes them less independent and less willing to put in the effort required for learning. I wonder if this makes older programmers better learners. For instance, I learned BASIC and QBASIC before I had internet access. When I ran into problems I only had the provided language documentation to help me and I was largely on my own. Now when I run into problems I have many resources to help me, but sometimes there is no answer on StackOverflow or anywhere else I can find and I have to rely on myself to find a solution.