Ask HN: Are you teaching your kids to code? (and how)

Re:Ask HN: Are you teaching your kids to code? (and how) by useresd on Friday March 15, 2024 @02:47PM (#39719277)

I like your conception about supporting your kids to grow on what they like. I didn't want to be forced in the medical field by my parents. I liked computers and was dreaming about being a software developer since I was a kid.

But, on the other hand, I do encourage my kid, who is 7 years old, to get his hand dirty with programming. I let them solve problems using Scratch and Minecraft Education Edition.

I am not forcing him to be a software engineer at all. But I can see how software development has changed my approach to solving problems. It trains the mind to tackle problems and solve them.

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Re:Ask HN: Are you teaching your kids to code? (and how) by decafninja on Saturday March 16, 2024 @12:29AM (#39723399)

For a very long time my biggest regret was not following my parents’ desire for me to become a doctor.

I “followed my dreams”, being naive and young.

I think I ended up ok. But I would have saved myself a lot of stress and headache had I gone to med school. Granted - I’ll probably have experienced a lot of a different kind of stress.

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