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Frankly I think this is a wonderful story and am surprise by the jaded tone of the comments. Sure, the site might not be perfect, but at least they comment their source code well: view-source:http://www.wrightstownusedauto.com/ and use tableless layouts! If the owner is happy with the product, then so be it. We should all be happy these kids are taking an interest in something tangible rather than wasting away their time playing Halo.

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Nah, those comments and the layout are put together by a WYSIWYG editor. I agree though, it's good to see kids get started into experimenting with a business early in life. It's also nice to see them do something more lucrative than a lemonade stand.

They used DreamWeaver.

If typing, highlighting and selecting options to modify the text from a menu is considered "programming" then many grandmothers are also programmers when they write emails and change text fonts/colors.

I'm not sure this is entirely fair. If they have a half-understanding of what is happening in the background of dreamweaver but are using it as a short-cut and a tool to learn how websites work, then it's a little different from granny pressing the bold button in an email.

Ok, so the kids are not programming but they are getting started with both development and business at a very young age and that's great. Getting even just a few years of a lead over the other kids their age really helps in the long run.

Keep in mind that in Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell (http://goo.gl/VC2FC) it shows that just getting a head start makes a huge difference.

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