Teaching D from Scratch: Is it a viable first language?

About two-and-a-half years ago, one of my son’s homeschooling friends asked if I would teach a coding class. Both of my kids have shown interest in coding via Scratch , and I also need to pull my weight when it comes to homeschooling them (my wife doing most of the instruction). So I thought, surely, this can’t be too hard. The challenges I would encounter over the course of the last few years surprised me more often than I would have expected! First, a bit about my background. I’ve been writing software pr