I spend a lot of time in the woods with my grandson. He'll be 3 in Feb., also have a 15 year old grandson that comes along on occasion. Great excuse to get away from the rat race of work and family troubles.
I look at it as OJT for them and scouting for me. Unfortunately the areas close by which I can take them to are Quota only hunt areas, and I haven't drawn a hunt in the last 2 years for these areas.
I've never used a climber, but have always used a light weight hang on type stand. Also use a tree suit, and a sneaky sak. These type stands keep me very mobile and are a lot quieter than climbers. Make it easy to change locations from morning to afternoon or when having a change of plan when leaving the truck. I seldom place a stand before the morning I plan to hunt an area. Just don't trust Joe Public Hunter these days. I like to ride herd on my equipment, will only leave it on a site if I intend to hunt it again that evening.
Otherwise it goes up when I go up, and down when I go down.
Tim, remember plans are designed to be changed. Keep yourself mobile and don't be tied to any specific location. You may even consider a weekend survival type hunt, just minimum shelter, water, weapon, live off the land. I've done this a few times and it certainly breaks the routine of normal local hunts. Helps bring things back in to perspective.