The clubs junior membership stands at about 30 people under 18 years, most of whom are offspring of adult members. There are a couple of boys who have devoted mothers who cart them to meetings and to the flying field. I am only aware of one lad whose father does the same but there may be others. There are a couple of fathers who are not modellers but became (and remain) associate members because of their sons's interest (in some cases now past).
The club actively promotes the hobby in the locality by mounting displays whenever the opportunity arises and the youngsters in the area usually show a steady interest but you can sometimes observe a reluctance in the demeanour (spelling?) of the parent(s) suggesting a lack of interest in allowing their child to get involved in a "messy" activity especially since computer games etc. are so much cleaner.
I don't know what the solution is to getting more young people involved.
The other thing is, the club has a turn over of about 20-30% of the adult membership each year. It would appear that some people are only interested in a new toy and have no staying power. Our hard core of members who have been present for years might only amount to 80-90 people (just a guess since I do not have access to the membership history at the moment), they are certainly those you see at the field most often.
What is it like amongst the plastic modellers. I imagine your clubs would have a higher percentage of dedicated modellers.