Is Coding Right For My Child?

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Is Coding Right
For My Child?
Why every child should learn to code and
how it raises academic and career success.

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The BUZZ Is Everywhere ...................................................................................................
Coding Improves Student Performance In All Subjects .............................................
Coding Helps Kids See the Bigger Picture and Its Parts ..........................................
Coding Is a Safer Way to Take Risks ..............................................................................
Coding Is Art ..........................................................................................................................
8 Reasons CodeWizardsHQ Is the Best Way to Teach Coding .................................
Coding Is a Team Sport ......................................................................................................
Coding Is the Future ...........................................................................................................
(The World Needs Finishers) Coding Teaches
Work Ethic and Perseverance ..........................................................................................
From Consumers to Creators ...........................................................................................
Coding Builds a Global Perspective ...............................................................................
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From celebrities and educators, people from every walk of life are touting the benefits of learning to code. 
Coding boot camps are popping up all over the place, offering adults the promise of a career transition into a 
lucrative field. A growing number of online code academies are offering self-guided courses. 
Khan Academy is promoting its 
“Hour of Code,” and programs like Scratch are introducing the basic concepts 
of coding to primary kids. What’s up with all the hype? Is it just about filling millions of jobs that economists fear 
will go unfilled at some point in the future? 
What if my child doesn’t want to be a software engineer? Should she 
still learn to code?
Learning to code is about more than filling jobs. Coding can be a lucrative career path, but it certainly isn’t a 
career path that everyone should choose. Many children are passionate about other things, and every job in the 
future isn’t going to feature side-by-side monitors displaying lines of JavaScript. 
Like Steve Jobs said, coding teaches kids how to think. Learning to code teaches kids how to take a big-picture 
problem, break it into smaller chunks, form a plan, execute the plan, learn from your mistakes, fix them, complete 
the task, and have something to show for it. Problem solving and project management play a part in everyone’s 
job and in everyone’s life in general! 
Children’s brains are literally growing. They are rapidly developing new cells, new pathways, and new abilities 
as children approach adulthood. Learning to code helps children’s brains develop pathways and neurons that 
will benefit them for the rest of their lives.