As a child, I enjoyed things meant for adults (with regard to programming). However, this was a different era. In the 90s, computers needed programs to be usef

As a child, I enjoyed things meant for adults (with regard to programming). However, this was a different era. In the 90s, computers needed programs to be useful, and regular computer users needed to be able to make them (not so much as the 80s but it was still around). I saw my elders creating software in the HyperCards and Visual Basics of the day, and thought "Hey, I want to do that" so I did. They were both tools to get Real Work Done™ AND be approachable to non-programmers. Thus, I didn't feel limited by the stuff that's for children, but they were still friendly enough to be approachable from zero knowledge + maybe a book from the library. Children's tools tend to only have the approachable part, which is good, but as a kid /knowing/ that anything a "real" program could do was possible with the tool I had if I just tried hard enough was a huge motivating factor in eventually bootstrapping my learning.