Thinking back on why I wanted to code, it was - Entertainment. My computer did not have games, so coding was the next closest thing. Type in a game from a ma

Thinking back on why I wanted to code, it was - Entertainment. My computer did not have games, so coding was the next closest thing. Type in a game from a magazine, or make a lookalike game. - Showing off to peers. It was fun to show off to friends what we coded up. Where we grew up it was a thing to make paint programs. UI state management, the trick with XORing lines until ready to paint it in. - More entertainment. Later when computers got better and had more games, it was fun to pirate and crack them. And again share with friends. Partly the problem with today is that there is so much easily available entertainment that you hardly need to do anything to fill your time with games and videos and then some. But, the peer factor is still there where you can show off a custom Roblox or Scratch game or something. So the trick is to find that peer group for your kids. How do you all deal with this? I have huge FOMO living where we live that all the neighbors are going to be jock types that won't be such a peer group. And it's not exactly like you can go interviewing potential neighbors/students in the local school before you move some place - instead I'm in a situation where I will just need to move and cross my fingers. I was thinking of using some kind of meetup site like nextdoor or facebook groups or something in a local radius to put together a crafting group where nerd-minded kids would meet maybe once or twice a week in our garages and we would leave them hands-off with a bunch of tools, supplies, and computers and just be around to answer questions. I wish there was a makerspace near our town because those seem like exactly the kind of environment I would like to foster.