Mozilla is working on a calendar program called Sunbird. It's still in a beta stage at this point, but it's fairly interesting so far.
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/
I was lucky enough to have a computer growing up (dad was in air force, was computer programmer), and the things that interested me most were the painting programs. I begged and pleaded and finally got my own computer when I was a teenager - I learned well from my mistakes (like, don't type in "del *.*" at the C:\ prompt) and my interests went on from there. Programs nowadays are much more complex and interesting - a friend's child was playing with a painting program that made all sorts of interesting sounds when the tools were used.
My best piece of advice is find out what your kid likes and find things that would appeal to them.
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Mozilla is working on a calendar program called Sunbird. It's still in a beta stage at this point, but it's fairly interesting so far. http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/
I was lucky enough to have a computer growing up (dad was in air force, was computer programmer), and the things that interested me most were the painting programs. I begged and pleaded and finally got my own computer when I was a teenager - I learned well from my mistakes (like, don't type in "del *.*" at the C:\ prompt) and my interests went on from there. Programs nowadays are much more complex and interesting - a friend's child was playing with a painting program that made all sorts of interesting sounds when the tools were used. My best piece of advice is find out what your kid likes and find things that would appeal to them.