My kid loves computers. I would like him to start programming, just for fun to see if it is something for him. But how to start, what type of programming language that is appealing. Books? I mean, we can start with Lisp, but how long will attention hold? Please advise, thanks.

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    Scratch is a pretty cool entry into programming and your kid can bring stuff to life pretty quickly. https://scratch.mit.edu/

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    Depending the age of your kids, there as also scratch junior: https://www.scratchjr.org/

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