When I was seven, I was into plumbing, electronics books, and maybe Barney. When we went to libraries, I would get books on the local jurisdictions sewage syste

When I was seven, I was into plumbing, electronics books, and maybe Barney. When we went to libraries, I would get books on the local jurisdictions sewage system, or how to rewire your house. I was happy that my parents let me take the occasional thing apart. But they never really guided any of it. I remember at around 12 the Comcast repairman told me "the real money is in software". I thought - software, what's that? Then I probably went to work on our garden or something. I didn't start coding until around 16, and that was because I had old computers that I wanted to use, and didn't really know about pirating windows, so begins using Linux, running PHP webservers ETC. Point is - figure out what they enjoy and help them enjoy it. I couldn't even get friends that want to learn to learn, even when they are practically homeless. It's hard for some of us to fathom, but some people just don't have the drive to do this kind of thing. You also can't force it, all you can do is give context.