When you fucked up, but everything is working.

Credits to my son.

@AlexDeLarge thanks, he is amazing. 😊

@Haxk20 thanks. My son is 3, but I won't lead him do anything. He can choose what he likes and where his interests are. Programing will probably will be part of it. Because his father really loves doing it.

@illusion466 do you have children? Cause trust me, you can't teach a child anything. You only can inspire. 😉

As a child, at one point myself.
Show them what is possible and then let them take it from there.

Example:
My father showed what was possible with powerpoint. And then I took it from there and created full-fledged animations with it.

The point is, you do have to show them that it exists in order for them to be inspired.

To this day, I wish I had been shown programming earlier because I could have been making amazing things sooner rather than later.

@iSwimInTheC @Haxk20 I agree.

Watching how child is growing is indeed inspiring.

I don't fully agree with a statement that you can only inspire a kid. You can teach him some things but only the simple ones. You don't always have to but you can. In case of complex things (like programming) it's way better to just inspire that little guy. Kids have unlimited imagination and teaching them "the adult way of thinking" is like closing their mind in a box.
For example, I didn't know that I can start my PS3 using one click on my tv remote. I know how to do it now because my son discovered it. He was 13 months old back then.

But describe him what you do exactly if he asks... And what advantages it could have... This will probably create some interest.

@beriba Let me make clear what I meant by saying you can only inspire kids: As the newest brain researches show pure and longterm learning is pure interestdriven and emotional. Solutions wich kids apply for problems of their interest are more creative. You can teach a child your way, or things you learned, but even there there must be some emotional binding. The things you teach aren't pure anymore, because there was some filtering and so on.

@Divisionbyzero Yup, I can agree with that.

And just to make myself also clear. By "teaching simple things" I meant things like: how to click a button and, what is more important, that the kid can do it. Nothing more complex, just the fundamental things that he can use as a tool.

"If it looks stupid but it works, it ain't stupid" very clever solution! Gonna be a big man once! ;)

Meanwhile my son is 7. He is still awesome. ❤️