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					Originally Posted by zen_tom
					
				 QBasic is also pretty good, but you need a way to inspire interest - perhaps by finding an existing program and showing your children how it works behind the scenes, and how they can change it to do what they want it to do. | 
	
 VB is a great way to get immediate visual results in a way that they're familiar with, in a friendly environment.
I swear, if I had started learning in some kinda C and tried to make Hello World only to have the compiler go "link error, link error, link error, link error" I would have quit on the spot.