Just need to be a little creative. My parents (and grandmother) got me my first computer and then encouraged me to learn how to make games. I had no idea it was a trick to get me to learn. To accomplish that goal, I self taught myself programming and some fairly advanced mathematics. When I hit college I was able to skip all the beginning and intermediate programming and math classes and go right into advanced classes my freshman year.
Just need to be a little creative. My parents (and grandmother) got me my first computer and then encouraged me to learn how to make games. I had no idea it was a trick to get me to learn. To accomplish that goal, I self taught myself programming and some fairly advanced mathematics. When I hit college I was able to skip all the beginning and intermediate programming and math classes and go right into advanced classes my freshman year.