Elkin,
There are many things that we HAVE to do as you say. But hunting is NOT one of them. There are many things that we need to push our kids to do and hunting is NOT one of them.
There are many things that we have to do to hunt, and being in a tree stand is NOT one of them
When my daughter (12 years old last year) asked if she could go hunting I was very excited that she did. She did not and will still not go up in a stand. Yet.
I bought a ground blind and she , and I, were very happy to sit in it, quietly talk, allow her to sleep a bit when she needed to, be very comfortable etc. That afternoon she shot a doe. She's hooked. If I had made her sit in a tree stand she might have not enjoyed herself, asked to get out earlier, not been there long enough to see the deer and we may have lost a hunter.
Most likely, as she gets a little older, she'll get in a stand but for now i'm very much enjoying the time on the ground hunting with her