Nice to see that I am not the only parent that does this... I recently put a small system together for my nine year old son, thus far he has taken excellent care of it. The only people he will allow to even touch it is him and myself. I had a good laught the other day when his mother was in his room and going to do something, and he started yelling at her for touching it. I think he may become a fanatic, just like the old man!!!! It is my personal feeling that EVERY audiophile, with children, should do something like this for their kids. It is something that my some and I enjoyed doing together and he has learned the resposiblity of taking care of something.
I have just one question for you though, has yours started talking about upgrades???? BIT AT THE AGE OF 9!!!!!!!