I grew up in a youth minyan. My kids davened at the local “teen minyan” until it was disbanded due to space constraints. I, as well as my kids, learned how to daven for the amud (nusach and the like), had the ability to lain without the pressure of an entire parsha and generally got used to doings things in public. As long there are responsible adults to ensure it doesn’t become a 45 minute shabbos morning ruish job with joking around and talking throughout it is an excellent idea. I currently daven at a “yeshiva type” minyan, and the one thing my boys miss about the disbanded teen minyan is that they don’t get to daven for the amud or lain like they used to. In fact it is a sore point in my family right now (perhaps deserving of its own topic), but my teenage boys absolutely hate davening in the mnyan that I currently daven in. For now we have a compromise. One shabbos they daven at my minyan, one shabbos I daven at a local shul that they prefer and the other 2 weeks I daven where I prefer and they daven where they prefer. We would like to resolve this before rosh hashana permanently.
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