Used to take a young guy here in town fishing a lot but he had a terrible habit of laying my rod on the ground. No matter how many times he was told not to, if I wasn't looking down it went. Finally he broke the rod but snuck it back to the car and at home claimed he didn't know how it happened. Last time I let him borrow a rod! Ex wife had a boy that liked to fish and he would not do that after being told. But other time's he was awfully careless with them and slammed a couple in the car door on me. Still let him fish but got his the absolutely cheapest rods I could find. That kid here in town was much older but figured I didn't know what I was talking about. He does now. Doesn't pay to get kids nice fishing gear, they will just break it. One stepson managed to stand on a rod in a friends boat. It was laying up on a seat and he still got it! I simply stay away from know it all kids anymore unless they have their own equipment!