Hi there, I wouldn't waste your money on anything from a toy shop. Some manufacturers produce scaled down versions especially for children to learn on. I bought one for our grand daughter a few years back from Dean. It does lose it's tuning slightly by the twelfth fret but I'm guessing if your son is playing around the twelfth fret it would be time to buy him a regular guitar. Apart from that it is certainly playable and I have it tuned to the regular tuning. I think it was called the Dean Playmate. Fender also make mini Telecasters I think. Check at Musician's Friend and type in 'small scale guitars'. That should give you a few choices.
Gordon.
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