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WhiteHat Jr. : Heights of False Advertising!

What is WhiteHat Jr.? Founded in 2018, WhiteHat Jr 'helps' kids from age 6 to 18 years to build commercial-ready games, animations, and apps online using the fundamentals of coding. It offers four levels of courses – Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, and Professional – for students in grades 1-12.   Recently, within 18 months of its inception, the company was acquired by  leading ed-tech firm BYJU'S in a deal worth $300 million. Is it necessary? Recently, WhiteHat's aired a n ad that shows a little one who has developed his own app at a young age by learning to code on the WhiteHat Jr. platform, while investors rushing in to make an investment. Now, those who are into the profession know that it is a tough task to learn to code and it is too early to start for kids.  How can a company target kids stick to the screen at the age where they should be playing outside? Like seriously ? the company targeting even 6-year-old  kids!!  No WhiteHat, kids do not need to sp...