It's all over now, baby blue. Or is it not?

Swampwalker is right, enjoy these moments, they go by quicker than you'll believe. Before you know it they will be....teenagers!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

My 3 boys are in their 20's now, and I never really made any changes. My wife stayed home with the children, and she did a very good job of teaching them to 'not touch' certain things. Maybe I was lucky, but my worst damage was a VCR that my middle son (always the problem child) inserted a PB&J sandwich into the slot. Not much of a horror story, good for some laughs nowadays (if anyone still knows what a VCR is).

You just need to teach 'boundries'.

Some of my best memories were holding my boys on my lap while they listened to music with me. Once the pre-teen years hit, our music tastes diverged. I just stayed away from tube power amps to avoid any hazards, but they knew and understood to not touch- something young visitors seemed to not understand at times.

A leash and a muzzle?

Growing up in the 60's/70's I had three brothers and a sister. My mom and dad were always into music and we had several tube stereos and a large console set with the turntable, radio and speakers built into a beautiful furniture cabinet with tweed grill cloth covering the speakers. You could see the orange glow from the tubes in the dark and a warm comforting sound.

Every Sunday after church while Mom was making dinner Dad would be spinning Big Band~(Dorsey, Miller, Cugat, Kaye, Lombardo, Cunniff, Sinatra, Como, Basie, Ellington, 101 Strings.)

We never messed with the stereos. We knew it was something important and should be respected. Neither my Mom or Dad told us to "like" music. They did,~ and we got use to it as a normal part of family life. (There were only three TV channels back then!)... When we wanted to listen Mom or Dad would put on the record and push play.

When we each were old enough my parents bought us boys our own record player and my sister got one for her a her girlfriends to listen to. (Bobby Sherman, Hermans Hermits, Monkees, Dave Clark Five.) The boys listened to Rascals, Turtles, Yardbirds, Beatles, Stones, Hendrix.

Don't make a big deal out of it and let the child know that the stereo system is one of your toys and that you want him/her to enjoy and respect it for it gives you a lot of pleasure. Set boundaries and you will be fine. Hopefully you will share this passion/hobby with them for many years to come.

I am really missing my DAD right about now.......

Wait it out and see how it goes. My first never looked at my stereo once. My second made a bee line right for it as soon as he started walking. So I just went downstairs and turned off the stereo breaker and my rig sat there for 15 years or so without being played.