Scratch

First off, Welcome to Scratch!

I would say that scratch would be a better language to learn first, it is very user friendly.

3. One good thing, You already know all the mathematics that are used in scratch. Like what a Variable is. And you might get a deeper understanding of it because of life experience. You could help your son a lot, I would just recommend playing around with it before trying to make some big grand project .

Scratch is definitely better for beginners. It teaches about controlling the program and logic and algorithms, which is essential in programming since not all programs are linear. Also, you're not going to do anything very visual with python, since it just runs in a program similar to DOS called the command line (or the terminal if you're on OS X or Linux). Try making a couple of games, and read some books, and then you could start with other languages. Go is a new Programming Language by Google which is similar to another one called C, but is simpler and easier to use. It's fairly young so you can't expect it to be very well documented, but there are lots of resources you can find on the internet. It uses the command line, but once you master it, you'll be able to tackle new languages. You might need to read a bit on compilers and interpreters, and the difference between them. After you learn Go, you could try the Love2D framework for making games. Love2D uses a language called Lua, which is focused on being far away from the hardware. It's not very difficult to make a game with it, and they have a very friendly community. You could also give PyGame a try. PyGame uses Python, and it comes preinstalled in the raspbian OS for the raspberry pi. If you want it for Python 3 instead of 2.7, you'll need to download a pre-release. You could also give JavaScript a try. With HTML5, you can make games without plugins. It's fairly complicated, but by then you should have enough experience. There are code libraries, that simplify writing code too. Html5rocks.com is a great resource for learning how to use what HTML5 has to offer, as well as the Mozilla Developer Network. If you learn HTML and stuff, you could even purchase a domain and pay for hosting, and share your projects with the world! It would really help your son find a job, too. Then, you could learn C which is very similar to Go (or vice-versa) but more complex, and then C++. C++ is C with object oriented programming. You could then use the OGRE3D Library to make a 3D game. That would give you guys some serious bragging rights. Then, you could ultimately develop games for the Xbox 360. (xbox.create.msdn.com/en-us) and publish them as indie games. The tools are free. In fact, I'm sure you could do everything I just said, without spending a dime!

Phew. That was big. Good luck!

Yeah. scratch is a good programming software . But if Ur child's age is greater than sixteen u should teach him scratch and python both else u can teach him both . Scratch helps in algorithmic thinking and graphics , python helps in syntax programming .
Best Of Luck !!

Hello, wda1906! Welcome to Scratch!

1.) Well, Scratch is a really good starting point if you're trying to teach your child programming (In fact, even yourself, really.). I'd recommend it far more than Python, or pretty much any language in general. It's really basic, yet you can get pretty advanced with it in the future. 

2.) Sure! Scratch is for all ages, so it wouldn't matter if an adult or child is using it.

3.) Well, the only advice I can give at this very moment is to ask for help if you need it, a good forum to check out would be the Help With Scripts forum if you need help with anything, or are having trouble developing a good solid script.    The Scratch Wiki is also a good source for getting some programming knowledge about Scratch, and it's also very helpful!

Thanks for all of the advice. I really appreciate it.