I can't remember where I saw it, but here's how you teach your kids to start scripting:
Step 1: put a note on the fridge saying "The new WiFi password is one of the 10 random keys in the text file on this USB drive [taped to note]".
Step 2: wait a few days, repeat Step 1 with 10 replaced by 10 000 and also leave them an intro to Python (or $favorite_lang) book. Bonus points if you make the USB drive boot Linux straight to a Python REPL.
Step 1: put a note on the fridge saying "The new WiFi password is one of the 10 random keys in the text file on this USB drive [taped to note]".
Step 2: wait a few days, repeat Step 1 with 10 replaced by 10 000 and also leave them an intro to Python (or $favorite_lang) book. Bonus points if you make the USB drive boot Linux straight to a Python REPL.