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Is a 10 year old child allowed to make and use codes?

My child is obsessed by this sololearn and is always showing me simple creations.I am starting to worry that my child will get confused with studying and programming.

30th Nov 2017, 6:07 PM
WeakRaider29
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Ha it's no problem ma'am😇 programming boosts the brain, Everybody is allowed to code as long you know what you are doing,give he/she a chance...
30th Nov 2017, 7:27 PM
᠌᠌Brains[Abidemi]
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of course it is alowed to do it. don't worry that he/she will get confused with something, lot of adults will get confused, thats part of programming experience and 10 years is awesome number to learn programming
30th Nov 2017, 6:45 PM
Roabs
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It has been said that in order to achieve great things you must be obsessed with them. Think Einstein, Georges St-Pierre, Elon Musk, Nikola Tesla ... I think if your 10 years old kid is obsessed with coding, it's a great thing because he's gonna become good at it, and it will remain a very in demand skill for many years to come. Not to mention all the positive side effects as far as reasoning ++ goes. Here's some ressources. And I wouldn't worry a single second about confusing school stuff and programming, people ( espacially kids ) can process a lot of information. I would be much more worried about all that useless gaming. If your kid transitions his attention from playing video games to programming and perhaps making them ... then there's nothing to worry about, in my opinion. http://www.openculture.com/freeonlinecourses#Computer Science Courses https://www.ted.com/talks/shai_reshef_a_tuition_free_college_degree www.coursera.org www.stackoverflow.com https://www.sololearn.com/discuss/510275/?ref=app
1st Dec 2017, 2:27 AM
Mason Neville
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If it came down to it, I would let my kid play with code all day instead of going to get his head filled with stuff that is 60% useless, 30% inaccurate or severely biased/incomplete, with 10% remaining that you can learn on your own with some mentoring. Unschooling makes sense to me. Following your passions instead of being forced into a mold. But I understand it's not always that simple. Elementary school is ok I guess ... Again my 0.02$ here...
1st Dec 2017, 2:35 AM
Mason Neville
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that's good to know thanks!
30th Nov 2017, 6:46 PM
WeakRaider29
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thanks for info
30th Nov 2017, 7:42 PM
WeakRaider29
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update:my kid wants to work on Mojang now
30th Nov 2017, 7:42 PM
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