Ask HN: How can I get my children excited about programming?

Re:Ask HN: How can I get my children excited about programming? by natalyarostova on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @12:24PM (#18016616)

As a parent fostering the development of a lucrative skill that appears to be interlocked with the future of our labor market, which the parent themselves find enjoyable, doesn't seem that weird. In fact, I'd go so far as to say it's one of the most normal goals a parent could have.

Now, the execution of that goal can be done very well, or very poorly, but the goal itself is reasonable.

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Re:Ask HN: How can I get my children excited about programming? by njn on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @01:15PM (#18017142)

Oh, I guess my parents raised me weird, then. They discouraged putting any importance into that kind of thought, especially when I was just a kid. It was always like, "do what you love and money will follow" kinda thing.

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Re:Ask HN: How can I get my children excited about programming? by lern_too_spel on Tuesday September 18, 2018 @02:54PM (#18018082)

This kind of parenting is one of the reasons there are so many disaffected millennials saddled with insurmountable college debt and unmarketable skills.

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