How do I block an iPad app from hacking my Time Capsule WiFi?

I have a 1st gen Time Capsule. I use it for my Wi-Fi signal in the house. A kid with an iPad has an app that keeps hacking my Wi-Fi password every time I change it. Is there a way for me to block that app from hacking my Wi-Fi? If so, how?
Again, it is a 1st gen Time Capsule, and my computer is a mid-2007 iMac. I use WPA2 Personal for my wireless security. My password has letters, numbers, and special characters, and is not easily remembered. I had to write it down in case I need to enter it on a new wireless device, yet this kid just hacked right in.
Any and all helpful info will obviously be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

A couple of things.
The advice on the passwords above is good. FING recomendation was great as well - It's a great APP.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/fing-network-scanner/id430921107?mt=8
However, there is another possibility - Does he know your Time Capsule's Admin password? With that he can use an app to quickly get your WIFI password and get on the network. Have you tried changing the admin password.
If you've installed this app: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/airport-utility/id427276530?mt=8
It will ask you for an admin password to access the Time Capsule. If you're using the same password each time for admin access then he can get access to the admin rights and there are ways of getting the password from there, quite easily.
P.S. Change the password on your iMAC in case he has accessed it and installed a key logger. (There used to be physical keyloggers that would be discreetly put inline between the keyboard and the computer but I don't think there is one for Macs and with the advent of Bluetooth keyboards it's a moot point)
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