This is why I have my nephew maintain his own minecraft-server. Costs me 10 euros p/month. Kids' ten years old, knows how to debug crappy java plugins better than most java programmers. Everytime he calls me to ask about a problem I think: "Okay mverwijs, don't hold back." He now edits yaml files, rsyncs plugins, makes backups.

He's smart, but not a genious. He's doesn't even speak or understand english. Most kids can learn to do their own minecraft-management.

Kids love minecraft. They love to have their own server. I shamelessly abuse that love to install some *nixcraft on them.