re: 7 yr old's 1st guitar...which to choose?

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I'm leaning towards electric so he can use Rock smith to help him learn and hopefully stick with it. He wants one, and he tries to play my steel string acoustic, but it's way too big and he can't play very long with the steel strings.

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This is what I'd recommend. Electrics are also more forgiving and don't require as much hand strength.

I actually put Rocksmith on my Xmas wish list this year. I'm sure I won't care for the majority of the available songs, but it will give me a different motivation to practice.