It's just that the mushroom picking can be so frustrating...

Sometimes I search and search and none pop up and other times I see a bunch in a row. But it seems that when I really need the mushrooms and I finally spot one, by the time I find the kid and drag him/her over, the mushroom disappears.

Occasionally I'll use the kid to roam around the village so at least them I can drop him/her on the mushrooms quicker.

It would like it better if there was a set timing, or pattern to when/where they appear. Or some sort of message displayed "a mushroom just grew" so that I would know to find it at that time.

I guess my problem is that while I love the game, I would like there to be a better compromise between letting it run on it's own and 100% concentration.

My scheme above would still let the player find and get mushrooms, but there is still a chance that a kid can do so on his/her own.