Furthermore, if your kid is an introvert that wants the easy escape of doing things alone on the computer, then force them to do things with other kids anyway.

Furthermore, if your kid is an introvert that wants the easy escape of doing things alone on the computer, then force them to do things with other kids anyway. I wish my parents had done that with me. The existence of great programmers before the rise of home computers is proof that programming can wait for later. Some things are not so easily learned later.