[rokisen157]

7 years old? Don't force kids If you need your kid to be kid. Hand coding HTML is just trash than collecting leaves & beautify the kindergarden book.

I've no memory for last 10+ years other than computer and programming. All I've pretty beautiful memory from childhood.

[yreg]

I have great memories of using computers as a little child, including tinkering with html and beginner css. I would never trade them for collecting leaves.

Your feelings are not universal.

[rokisen157]

Those are virtual, don't lie that you was felt it. Photo studios in india still using CRT monitor for setting colours because they don't feel/recogonize correct colours in LCD/LED.

Kids are universal even in all species. I can do those tinkering work in my old age which one you did in your golden age. Apart from the shake of argument, I'm really sorry for your loss :(

[yreg]

How dare you be so judgemental. Saying that you are sorry for my childhood is incredibly offensive.

And no, children are definitely NOT universal in the sense you say. They have very different personalities and interests from a very very young age.

[jbjbjbjb]

Maybe the kid likes to learn about computers and there’s enough time to do both.

[rokisen157]

I've not seen any gentle pups either elephant cubs. Kids are universally same even in all species. But may be.

[episteme]

What makes you think they were forced? Or doesn't spend the rest of their time collecting leaves? You know nothing of this family.

[rokisen157]

Kids are universal. I've met some parents with their kid asking me to tech them something. I can see they are not interested at all. All I've seen is their parent just forcing them.

[Zambyte]

> I've no memory for last 10+ years other than computer and programming.

If you are saying this in a negative light, you should really work on changing that. Try finding things local to you that you can participate in.

[rokisen157]

Yes, I'm frustrated of me doing it. I am working for the change.

[j45]

HTML is fine to lean to code by hand.

Tags can provide clear starts and ends for beginners, as well as concepts of nesting.

Folks who learned to code HTML using a wysiwyg html editor may be able to describe how it helped them learn.

[rokisen157]

Yes correct, it's a good startup but 7 years was too kid. At least 12 years is fine. Kids life are so different, joyful, curious, etc. Any kid will be come adult to learn code or do whatever work.

Programming isn't big deal any old age man can do programming. Anyone can learn programming at any age. But kids life never come back.

At least teaching standard mathamatics like bits and bytes with abacus can be acceptable. It might be helpful to improve the math skill along with their school syllabus. Math is universally standard. Math actually improves our lifestyle.

But programming is just text format that a engineer designed. A well designed IDE with voice assist can replace all kind of programming.

[j45]

What if building things with computers felt like magic?

Programming as a kid or teenager wasn’t work. It’s fun. It’s a challenge. It’s a sense of accomplishment if you do something that you didn’t know how to do.

7 can seem young to me too but I also know kids these days seem different and if they are naturally into something… can’t say much.

Even kids with little to no screen time are sponges and there’s so much more to stimulate them.