I agree it is a parents choice to as when he can hunt but as far as taking him with you I love it the excitement my 10 year old has had the last 3 years i will never forget.
The fondest I have had was I had 2 does at 40 to 50 yards in front of a box stand and my mentally handicapped son flapping his arm in excitement and the does turning there head almost upside down to figure out what he was. The previous week I had shot one he could not see from the box stand because the light was about gone but I love hunting with him. I hate I lost the box stand it made a good location to keep him warm and I would have loved to see him take a deer from it. I plan to let him pull the trigger this year, last year I was standing beside him and dropped a doe at 20 yds with BP.