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I dont understand why elementary school kids need to code at all. Most of the developers my age didn't even see a computer until high school or college and they're great developers.

A great preparation they should learn some math or ideally be having fun with their friends, running around outside or perhaps art or something creative.

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I feel like this needs to be higher up. While of course any parent would want their child to meet and exceed any academic standards you or the school system set, childhood is the only time in your life where you're relatively free to make mistakes with friends and relationships, and that's how you learn to be a better person.

It's a lot more difficult to learn that later in life than programming, in my opinion as someone who didn't start coding until he was in his early 20's but still struggles with relationships because of a unrelated, intense academic focus as a child.

>A great preparation they should learn some math or ideally be having fun with their friends, running around outside or perhaps art or something creative.

Not sure why there is a dichotomy between this and playing a game on phone for 30 minutes to learn coding.

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