2026-11-01
Why I Refuse to Teach AI Coding to Kids Under 10: The Golden Age Redline and a 60-Minute Solar System Simulator Build
[Youth AI Creator Tutoring · Episode 02] Last week three mothers asked if I could tutor their 8-year-old second graders in AI software creation. I politely declined all three. Why is age 10 (Grade 4) the non-negotiable cognitive watershed for AI creation? Grounded in Piaget's cognitive development stages, here is why under-10s need the physical world—and how I guided an 11-year-old boy to build a real-time Newtonian Solar System Gravity Simulator in 60 minutes.
