I was teaching an 11yr old kid last weekend a bit about shooting.......he had never held a bow before but for some reason is one of those kids who out of thin air had that I need to shoot a bow switch turned on.
Anyway, I took him under my wing.
I borrowed the only kids bow that I could find from my archery club. A Mathews Genesis for him to use. Put a sight,rest on it but didn't serve in a peep.
That could have been part of the problem, but he had a BEAR of a time finding a consistent anchor point .That, ( and a dominant left eye[:-]) was a challenge.
For a complete beginner of a young age, the Genesis is decent because it is very easy to pull, gets off the fingers quickly because of no let-off, but there is no feedback as to when to stop drawing.
I think that if you choose to use one of these bows, that you form your own draw stop by crimping a couple of brass nock-sets on the string below the slide which will act as a stop at the correct draw length.
I have no idea as to the accuracy potential of this bow because it was his first time, but the arrows were sticking the target so that was a plus.
I get the impression that older kids will yearn for more performance and accuracy very quickly with the Genesis.

Regardless , it was a fun time......we shot for HOURS and ANY bow was the best bow. HE also shot for hours more with his grandfather after I was gone. I was trying to teach a little form, safety, finger shooting and having fun.
I left him a 3D deer target and my block along with 8 arrows and orders to shoot all he wants.
Good kid, and I think he's hooked. He just wanted to shoot and shoot until his arms were numb.

I think in no time he will graduate into a bow of his own.......if I can get my hands on one , I'd like a low poundage draw length specific bow with a valley and some let-off. I'm just new to this and not sure just how "Tech" I should get with him right away.

I know I could set something up with a peep, release etc that would have him on target quickly with minimal effort......or do I let him figure out through his own intuition for a while (with guidance) what it takes to hit the target more often than not with the bow he just started shooting?

Man I'm gonna be a treat when I have kids of my own.