I also have a guns dot lol page for anyone interested as a hub. I wanna try a strawpage too but that would be bloat and or render my couple bucks spent on the premium kinda useless (i think the image host is still fucking goated tho.)

guns.lol/xiiixvv

an EA rep and Dave fucking Oshry in the same meetup sounds kinda wild to me.

Flipaclip is also a good option if you want something for mobile devices. Very good the basics of frame-by-frame animation imo. There are a few features locked behind a premium subscription though (when it was once just a one time purchase).

Scratch (scratch.mit.edu) is a pretty good option, especially if you want to teach your kid a little bit of coding at the same time. It can be learned easily and is not too bad at making some fun animation sequences. Depending on age, though, the online social aspect could be a point of contention.

Found the appropriate hat for this fine occasion