I tried writing C games when I was 12 and never got anywhere. I personally feel like I've cultivated quite the overgrowth of dopamine receptors now due to the access of the internet I had as a kid. Curiously, my parents tried to limit access for a long while, and for a long while, the desktop PC only had games and no internet. I do not think giving my child free access to the internet via a desktop would have a similar outcome to yours - not without replicating a whole lot of other environmental factors.