This is the best approach in my mind too. Getting kids in through the front door is very difficult. It takes a very particular mindset to believe the best place

This is the best approach in my mind too. Getting kids in through the front door is very difficult. It takes a very particular mindset to believe the best place to start kids programming today would be to start with C. The same arguments used to be made about learning BASIC first and how it would ruin future programmers.