My son picked up Scratch programming over lockdown by taking an Outschool course, and then he joined John Hopkins CTY online courses and has been programming on

My son picked up Scratch programming over lockdown by taking an Outschool course, and then he joined John Hopkins CTY online courses and has been programming on his own since then purely for pleasure. He has made videos and animations and I'm most shocked by his ability to debug his programs so well. I will give him tips every now and then, especially if he runs into problems, but I largely just let him do whatever he wants. I never forced this on him, it's something he enjoys immensely. I myself didn't learn how to program until after graduating from college, so I know how little value learning programming at an early age is, except as a form of enjoyment. He asked to learn Python but I refused, since I find it weird that he would be learning the same language that I myself am using to earn a living! But the upside is I can always outsource my work to him while I relax. Seriously though, I will teach him when he's ready but right now there's no use case for him to learn.