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yeah my 14 yr old son says the same thing about scratch and the other similar targeted languages. not surprising really he's taught himself c# to make games in

• detaro 5y ago
  Yeah, Scratch is is IMHO more an option for half that age.
• emacsen 5y ago
  I think there's a huge difference between a 14 year old and an 8 year old. Also there's a bit of cultural assumption going on here. Based on the amount of comments, the poster's child is probably a native English speaker. My nephew is not, and has only begun learning English in school. If the goal is "Let's make something for my child" that's cool and needs no change. If the goal is "Let's make something to help children learn programming", a more difficult and noble goal, then removing barriers such as English fluency, is a way to do that.
  • throwaway47292 5y ago
    > the poster's child is probably a native English speaker She is not, but started learning english when she was 5 or 6 by watching netflix peppa pig in english and with english subtitles, now she is almost 11 and watches anime in japanese with english subtitles. What pushed me to do that years ago was Stephetn Fry's turn on the subtitles video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-zISnJ-oao https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-zISnJ-oao (I cant actually find the one I watched at the time, but was the same content)
    • senectus1 5y ago
      that's hugely impressive, learning to program in a language you dont speak. actually given how messed up english can be at times i wonder if that actually helps :-P
    • emacsen 5y ago
      Good on you for that. This is my nephew, so I don't have a lot of control. My wife learned English around your daughter's age and she's at native level. Nonetheless, human languages are a barrier :)