coding is basic literacy in the digital age it' important for your child to understand and be able to innovate with the technology around them as your child writes more complicated codethey'll naturally develop life skills like focus and organization it also develops resilience when kids codethey learn that it' ok to fail and improve there' no better way to build perseverance than working through challenges like debugging codekids also feel empowered to make difference when they code many kids in tynker' global community use the platform to spread messages of tolerance and kindness parents have even reported that their kids develop more confidence as they learn to problem-solve through coding