>If he has showed you he's interested in programming then go ahead, >As a counterpoint, I started programming on my own at 7 with no guidance. To nitpick, tha

>If he has showed you he's interested in programming then go ahead, >As a counterpoint, I started programming on my own at 7 with no guidance. To nitpick, that's not really a counterpoint. Parent comment already allowed for the possibility that OP's 7yr old is independently interested in programming. If a child develops that interest of their own volition, with no pressure or leading from the parents, then by all means support and cultivate it. It's only a problem when the parents try to force the child in that direction before the child has developed their own interest first.