Had very good experience using Python as first programming language for 8-9 year-olds; professionally, I don't like it, though. And even though I prefer it ove

Had very good experience using Python as first programming language for 8-9 year-olds; professionally, I don't like it, though. And even though I prefer it over Python as a language, I had disastrous results teaching Javascript to 12-14 year-olds for light browser games. My intent was to bring kids with signs of early stage addiction to mobiles "onto the other side", by looking at games professionally and with creativity (as much as I could, anyway). Turned out fiddling with async and rAF is really a bad fit for learning basics.