[bradlys]

> Kid has Linux, every programming lang available, Minecraft, ebooks, wikipedia, educational websites, etc. We live a block from the library. No shortage of quality learning materials basically. Perhaps ya'll've misread the list.

Yes - because every kid wants to program purely for the fun of it. There's never an end goal in mind - they just learn functional programming for the fun of it! They all enjoy finding ways to chain esoteric commands together in a terminal.

[mixmastamyk]

What's your point? The programming languages reference was due to comments above that tech folks wouldn't have become who they are without the ability to program.

[bitwize]

There's a place for kids who aren't into that shit.

It's called "Outside".