Steve: Now I'm the old guy (but way, way older). As a child in the 1960s, I had to learn on my own. Then formed a club, and had about 10 other kids join. I kept up with the hobby, going to R/C, then back to control line. I started teaching kids about airplanes, rockets, etc. since around 1992, in local schools. From 2005 through 2021, I was teaching about 30 to 35 kids at a foster care center. But since moving too far from there, I have started again, but teaching the local kids. Plan to start with local schools again in the fall.
All of the neighborhood kids who came to the first flying day last month said they want to build their own planes, and most have started building. We'll see how it goes over time.
Maybe it's a little more exciting for them because we build in my workshop, and they get to use lots of tools and some machines.