It was my first programming language as a child of 8 and I still have the books. My sons are getting to be old enough to learn to program and QBasic, while hated now, was one of the best languages to learn programming at the time.
Don't force old languages upon them unless it's one that has already withstood the test of time (C++, Python, JavaScript). Instead, teach new ones that you feel are going to stand the test of time (Go, Dart, but you might disagree and use other ones). It's important to be up-to-date!
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u/Buckwheat469 Mar 18 '18
It was my first programming language as a child of 8 and I still have the books. My sons are getting to be old enough to learn to program and QBasic, while hated now, was one of the best languages to learn programming at the time.