I remember trading when I was younger, albeit I only really remember one time. It was back in the day when we had to use a link cable to trade with other games. I remember getting a Typhlosion for my Meganium, and I leveled that Typhlosion to level 100 as well. I also remember having a Furret and Togetic back then as well, so all was good. :P
Welcome to the community. :D
Are you one of those people who have to say "back in my day" to other people when talking about Pokemon, since you said how you traded back when you were a kid, so I just assumed you could do that. I even remember that when you were trading Pokemon from R/B/Y over to G/S/C that you'd have to make sure everything was right, and that you wouldn't stuff up the machine or something. Like, you couldn't transfer any Pokemon with HM moves, or any Pokemon with moves that were non-existant in the first generation, which was okay I guess. I remember being scared to operate it, or I might break the machine. :P
Obligatory "read the rules" thing right here, so you might want to check them out. Other than that, have a good time here! :D