I took my daughter to the flying field with me when she was very young about 5 or so,l always asked her if she wanted to learn how to fly she was more interested in playing in the dirt and looking for frogs than anything else. when she turned 7thru/8 she seemed to get more interest in flying I would ask her from time to time she finally told me she was ready to lern.we built a pt60 for her first plane and since she loves frogs the plane turned out yellow and green JOHN DEER colors.........backing up a little. I purchased a used g2 simm several years ago and she also would play on that, it helped a lot with her orentation.when she finally decided to learn, she told me that she didn’t want to learn to fly sooner because she was afraid she would crash and didn’t want to be embaresed.they are smarter and a lot more sensitive than we think sometimes. I told her I have crashed several times we all do eventually if you stay in this sport you are going to have mishaps regardless of the fault. I think the main thing is not to push them because we want them to get involved they will come around on their own. I have 5 children and always included them in almost everything I do, I think it made for a tighter bond and gives them structure and confidence.wheather they want to stay in this sport or not you will have that time with them and that to me is priceless. I hear people ask the question at what age would be good to start teaching flying, depending on the child and because of their attention span I would say about 8 or so. the smile on my daughters face was worth more to me than anything else when she soloed for the first time.