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The other reason to lean towards C++ is the land of ARduino. Arduino is a microcontroller board where people ( a lot of kids really) create real world projects. It is pretty cool as the hardware can be used to drive model servo's, read form sensors write to displays and offer a lot of fun to a technically inclined child. You can learn about Arduino here: https://www.arduino.cc/. This melds the world of programming with real world hardware and gives a kid plenty of avenues to follow. Some sites that encourage educational exploration with electronics: https://www.adafruit.com/, https://www.allelectronics.com/category/209/educational-kits/1.html, https://www.jameco.com/shop/keyword=Educational-Electronic-Kits, https://www.sparkfun.com/ and likely several hundred more. In any event mixing electronics and programming is a good way to learn both with a meaningful hobby. Robotics can really prime the interests in writing software.
The other reason to lean towards C++ is the land of ARduino. Arduino is a microcontroller board where people ( a lot of kids really) create real world projects. It is pretty cool as the hardware can be used to drive model servo's, read form sensors write to displays and offer a lot of fun to a technically inclined child. You can learn about Arduino here: https://www.arduino.cc/. This melds the world of programming with real world hardware and gives a kid plenty of avenues to follow. Some sites that encourage educational exploration with electronics: https://www.adafruit.com/, https://www.allelectronics.com/category/209/educational-kits/1.html, https://www.jameco.com/shop/keyword=Educational-Electronic-Kits, https://www.sparkfun.com/ and likely several hundred more. In any event mixing electronics and programming is a good way to learn both with a meaningful hobby. Robotics can really prime the interests in writing software.