Remote sharing with a family member

I've read some of the other suggestions, but either I don't understand exactly what the information entailed (a bit too non-specific for my purposes), or it's information that doesn't apply.
What I'm wanting to do is set up access so a family member can get some files from me, without me having to upload things to a filesharing site (way too tedious, time consuming and counter-productive...for ME) for him to download from or have him drive over and borrow my external drive (I'll have to put the stuff on there, then delete it later - also counter productive...again, for ME).
I looked at the Mac Help and seems I should choose Remote Login and have him access through Terminal (I'll have to give him the 411 on Terminal; I'm positive he doesn't even know what it is, LOL). Based on what I'm seeing, it looks like I should choose "Only these users" > "+" > "Administrators." I don't like the Administrators choice but don't know how to just add him, specifically...unless I should add another login on my Mac with his name so it appears under Users. This is a temporary thing and I'll turn remote login off (or just delete everyone but me) and delete his temporary login. This is my guesstimate based on what I read in Mac Help and a traipse through the various options in Sharing.
We're both running Snow Leo 10.6.8; I'm on an iMac and he's on a Macbook Pro. This is my 33 y/o son, so trust isn't an issue. Let me know if I'm on the right track or if there's something else I need to do.
TIA

This forum is for Apple Remote Desktop, Apple's software for managing networked Macs, and so is probably not the best place for this question. I'd suggest the Mac OS X 10.6 forum.
Unless your family member understands UNIX commands, I would not suggest Terminal. There's too much chance for things to go wrong. Simple file sharing is probably you best bet if you really don't want to use any external service, but I think Dropbox (or a similar service) would be a lot easier since all you or your family member would need to upload and download the files is a web browser. Dropbox gives you 2GB for free, is easy to set up, and never plagues you with spam.
Regards.

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