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Originally Posted by viscousmemories
Most of the other kids just want to build video games right out of the gate without having to learn any of the boring stuff.
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That is my experience of kids wanting to learn coding. The sample size might be limited to just Little Miss JoeP.
My experience of helping adults learn some aspect of coding - including trying to learn something myself - is that it's much harder, close to pointless, if you don't have
something you want to get done.
Like, can we display numbers in roman numerals on a web page? 
Learn PHP...
But conversely, it needs to be something feasible for a beginner in that language / tool. Ie not "make a game". But modding a game ... in stages ... why not?
Java? Kids a few years old can be competent in English, Polish and Tswana. They can learn a lot if immersed and given feedback on errors.