I think you are underestimating the capabilities of some children.
Take for example Gennady Korotkevich, at the age of 6 he was starting to program, and at the age of 11 he was already competing in IOI and also winning a silver medal, his programming (specially algorithmic ability) skill was already beyond of what your average programmer may get in his lifetime.
Maybe he is an extreme example, and he was born gifted, but i do think that there are many children which with proper guidance and encouragement can achieve levels of mastery in some topic like programming.
Take for example Gennady Korotkevich, at the age of 6 he was starting to program, and at the age of 11 he was already competing in IOI and also winning a silver medal, his programming (specially algorithmic ability) skill was already beyond of what your average programmer may get in his lifetime.
Maybe he is an extreme example, and he was born gifted, but i do think that there are many children which with proper guidance and encouragement can achieve levels of mastery in some topic like programming.