[Answer] My daughter has just learned to walk. Should I start teaching her Python as soon as she can read?

[Answer] My daughter has just learned to walk. Should I start teaching her Python as soon as she can read?

Taken seriously, I think this question can be understood as expressing the anxiety and uncertainty of parents who know nothing about the world of programming but worry about their children’s future. Under that interpretation, the question is logically coherent: on the one hand, parents who are outsiders to the field feel both the pressure and the opportunities brought by information technology, and hope their children can secure a place for themselves in the future world. On the other hand, because they know nothing about the world of programmers, they feel lost and pressured, unsure where to begin. When should a child start learning (when)? What should they learn (what)? And how should they learn it (how)? This answer offers some reference points and suggestions from these three angles, in the hope of giving anxious parents a useful starting point.

Why should children learn programming?

Before answering the questions of when, what, and how, I first want to seriously address the premise behind them all.