I know that you have $$ invested in the bass, but if I could get kids hooked on fishing I'd let them fish and get hooked and lose some of my fish. You can always buy more fish, but if they lose their enthusiasm for fishing they may never care for it again.
I agree completely with our good friend Bing. I hate to sound heartless, but fish are cheap and replaceable.
High quality children and grandkids are neither cheap nor replaceable. As my kids are now in their mid- and late-30s, and we have a couple of grandkids in their late teens -- plus some younger ones, I had my worries during the teen years for both generations. So far, they have all made it to the other side as even better people than they were as pre-teens.
I never dreamed my children and their spouses could be such wonderful and helpful people. Not only that, they still like fishing!
Nurture them. They might damage a few fish, but they will learn. They will become wonderful people.
