Prefrontal cortex is still developing in 11 year olds which means they're not great at understanding consequences of actions or making complex future plans.
Not to be the "prodigy" kid, but I began game programming at 10 years old because I wanted to know how games worked. I tried to buy a Visual Basic 5 book from Borders before my parents gave me "Beginning Programming for Dummies" instead.
Not sure why these people don't believe that Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts can't tell the weather.