[andrewstuart]

Whilst I totally agree with you, on the other hand, a child's first introduction to programming should be easy, intuitive and powerful.

What could be worse than an introduction to programming that puts a certain number of children off because it's not those things?

Clearly alot of kids manage to drive it enough to their satisfaction, but the failings of Scratch must leave many children behind.

I know my son gave Scratch a go and gave up.

[vxNsr]

I have trouble understanding how another language is more intuitive than scratch, indeed you don't provide any examples of more child friendly languages, just that it didn't work for your son.... which could just be because your son doesn't wanna program.

[piceas]

I would like a physical version made of blocks that can be arranged rather than dragging boxes on the screen. Not another language as such but I suspect would be more intuitive.

[bryanbraun]

This reminds me of Code-a-piller. It's a toy designed for pre-schoolers, so definitely not a full language, but it's physical and lets you sequence basic instructions in an intuitive way. More here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYEKD1Befg8