I can't speak to the parent's motivations, but having had a glance at this, it's clearly an entirely absurd suggestion. Section 1.4 outlines its intended audie

I can't speak to the parent's motivations, but having had a glance at this, it's clearly an entirely absurd suggestion. Section 1.4 outlines its intended audience. It (rightly) doesn't include programmers wanting to 'get started' in CS.