Does your child really need coding skills? I suggest you not to get all apprehensive by reading the title. Coding has more fun to it than it appears to be. Our digital world is built by code and kids are inevitably gravitated towards AI powered future for which the foundation is code. Thus, basic programming skills can be listed under skills to survive this century. Certainly it is a massive buzzword not to be ignored by parents. It does seem like "Parental pressure level: Indian." But it is definitely teachable. Still not convinced? Even I was not, until my child started playing around with some apps. I had always thought, they didn't have to hurry, computer studies can wait. Only after looking at her progress in Scratch Jr did I convince myself to take some time to indulge her in coding. Sow the seed If you think kids don't understand coding. You're wrong. Coding is very similar to how children understand the world around them, as a part of cognitive psycholog