Hey, good for you. My son is 7 this year and this will be his third year spending a day with me at camp. What we' re doing is agreeing to try to stay in the stand a little longer each year. First year it was about 30 minutes. Last year it was a little over 2 hours! Next Tues he' s going to try to " beat his record" . The most important thing, in my opinion, is to let the kids decide when its time to go...if they dont remember it as being fun, it will spoil it for them. My boy likes going back to camp and throwing stuff in the fire more than anything else. I bought him a single shot .410 last year but I decided I got ahead of myself a little so I have not given it to him yet.