+10
Seriously, stop talking about kids, who cares, I'll be retired by the time they're useful. Programming languages are tools that are primarily used by and useful for adults, they should be aimed at adults.
Man, do you realize what you wrote here is incredibly out of place ? This is Squeak-dev here, Squeak has been involved with education and children since its beginnings, we have EToys, Scratch, OLPC. My own children use it. If you want a cultural revolution, ok, but first gather your troops, and let us count them.
There's definitely a need to have everybody explicit their view of what it Squeak, me repeat again... surprises could be ahead.
Stef