[mikester]

I myself did start with a Squire back in the day but back in the day was close to 30 years ago now...sooo...

Nostatic is correct of course - if it is hard to play or doesn't sound good he won't stick with it.

My son liked the acoustic we got and seems to enjoy it. I told him if he showed me a good commitment to practice that I would get him something better (Right now he hasn't shown me that but he's 7, not 9). He hasn't not been committed but I haven't seen him make an effort to practice outside of his lessons much.