I really liked Lego growing up. Playing with BASIC on my first PC back in the early 90s was like grown up Lego - putting bits (no pun intended) together to create something new was amazing. The first time my named scrolled down the screen in different colours was a similar buzz to completing a really cool model.

I guess what I'm saying - if your kid is the kind of person that enjoys the sort of buzz some of us get from creating with code, find a way to give them that buzz and then let them run with it and explore it themselves.