We paddle a lot with our daughter. She's 8 now and is my bow paddler on every thing I go dow to. She's been with us on trips since she was 7 months old(she's born at halloween so couldn't be in a boat before the following spring). longest trip so far are 10 days, we've done any of them. Traveling with kids is easier than people think!
Never to late!! Last year we did a 10 day trip on the Teslin river, we were 22 people, 10 adults and 12 kids.... Other than being to many people to my liking, it was a blast, the kids had so much fun!!