Get yourself out to a field shoot (preferably without sights).
I went at one yesterday going round with 4 other archers, 1 American flatbow, 2 with modern target recurves (but only one using sights and carbons, the other using woodies) and one
compound unlimited.
I was shooting a self Yew
longbow (with spliced up arrows not specifically spined for that bow)... each of us was better than the others on some target...
On a small Owl 3D at about 4 yards, the
compound couldn't work out the sights and took an age!... I walked up, didn't think , bam.. in the kill. I prob came last on actual score but it wasn't really relevant as my score needs to be compared with other longbows. I still did ok and on some targets got a first arrow hit when the compound and one of the others missed.
The main thing was we all had fun and appreciated the other's chosen discipline, I had a look through the compound to see how the sighting looked and my self bow was admired.
It was mostly about distance estimation which would be the factor in any real 'world shooting' situation. Most shots were between 15 and 40 yards but many were very deceptive being behind a series of ridges or dips. I tended to overestimate thinking I was shooting 45 not 35 yards, which with a self bow is a big difference.
The point of this post is to try and illustrate that you don't need the tyranny of expensive equipment and overthink to have some fun (especially for kids) with a bow and arrows.
Del