I had my daughter sit with me in a two man ladder stand when she was nine. She wasgreat and I did get a deer, but it was difficult. The next year, I used a ground blind, which was an easier hunt for her, she even laid down for a little while, but I didn't get a deer from the ground blind. She's 15 now and she'll behunting in a ladder stand by herself this year. Before she first went out with me, I used to have her sit on the front porch with me and sit as long as she could without moving. It was nice "Training" time and I told her if she could last longer than me, we could go get ice cream. I'd time her to see how long she could go and set that for the time to beat the next day.