{"id":1377,"date":"2020-11-05T16:28:22","date_gmt":"2020-11-05T16:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pandaprogrammer.com\/?page_id=1377"},"modified":"2021-11-04T12:11:46","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T16:11:46","slug":"11-year-old","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pandaprogrammer.com\/11-year-old\/","title":{"rendered":"11 year old"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1377\" class=\"elementor elementor-1377\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a5408b8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a5408b8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3c11ecb\" data-id=\"3c11ecb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10dd671 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"10dd671\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">11 year old<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f64691b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f64691b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a221e28\" data-id=\"a221e28\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93f7c78 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"93f7c78\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>11 year old children are the perfect age for our Panda Programmer classes. 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