The intelligence of children is very underestimated. My mother came from a brit colony where everyone of a certain primary school age had to learn latin for church. Do you know of any government school teaching elementary school kids latin? I don't.
Nope, and even worse, the private prep schools that once prided themselves on requiring Latin are giving it up. Course, on the other hand, our kids can all speak "rap" and "ghetto," which is much more difficult :)