LoL! Don't let them no about this or they will! :laugh:

I'd say C++ or Java. Java is becoming a very popular language, and is used heavily in web infrastructure. And, seeing as things seem to be going the "web" way, I'd definitely teach him Java. Or, If you want to teach him some old-school C++, that's great too. Another really good reason to teach him Java, is it is cross-platform. Anything he writes will not need to be ported in any specific way. So, if he ever decides to pick up Linux, Unix, or Mac OS X, etc, his coding won't require any new libraries. And him using VB.NET, or .NET or Visual * in general limits him to Windows. Vendor-Locking is BAD! X| So, yeah, Java! :-D