re: Teaching child guitar?

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Just took a pause with my 9 year old. Had a Squier Mini Strat. Had to work on the guitar quite a bit to get it to stay remotely in tune. Changed to heavy strings, filing the nut, playing with the bridge intonation, etc.. Don't know if there are any better small options, but just giving my experience.

30 minute lessons are perfect for that age. He was learning a lot. Even learning to read music (not just tabs). Problem was he's in so many other activities, we had to force him to practice outside of the lesson. And that practice is when you really see advancements. I'd still be bringing him to lessons if he showed initiative to practice on his own. But he prioritized everything else above guitar. Just pointing out its not an easy thing to learn without dedicating some time to it in the midst of all the other activities.

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They have to really want to do it and it's hard to know if they do or not.
Just buy a decent guitar and tuner, see if he gravitates to it.
If he keeps it in his hands, help him along.