In a way I'm less interested in the second half of the the blog, but the first half really struck home.
After a couple of years of manic working, just this past few weeks I've had a chance to take a small step back and spend it with my daughter (who is of a similar age), and whilst she's not so hot ...

What about limiting what items a bot can move?
Obviously have it on a config so people can change it if they wish, but effectively forcing people to use belts for parts of the base and bots for others if they wished is a middle ground.

And yes, forcing players into a play style is never a good ...