<story><title>How to get kids to pay attention</title><url>https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/06/21/621752789/a-lost-secret-how-to-get-kids-to-pay-attention</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>maltalex</author><text>&amp;gt; I often wonder what civilization would be like if adults asked the same question to themselves and then lead a life where they focused on that instead of being pressured into &amp;quot;making a living&amp;quot;.&lt;p&gt;I imagine we&amp;#x27;d have an abundance of pilots, and actors and a severe lack of toilet cleaners.</text></item><item><author>nickjj</author><text>What&amp;#x27;s really interesting to me is this same thing can be applied to adults too.&lt;p&gt;The article writes:&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;gt; For starters, he says, ask your kid this question: &amp;#x27;What would you do if you didn&amp;#x27;t have to do anything else?&amp;#x27;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;I often wonder what civilization would be like if adults asked the same question to themselves and then lead a life where they focused on that instead of being pressured into &amp;quot;making a living&amp;quot;.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Kluny</author><text>Personally I think there are more people than you think who would be perfectly happy to clean toilets as their contribution, so long as they were compensated fairly for it.</text></comment>
<story><title>How to get kids to pay attention</title><url>https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/06/21/621752789/a-lost-secret-how-to-get-kids-to-pay-attention</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>maltalex</author><text>&amp;gt; I often wonder what civilization would be like if adults asked the same question to themselves and then lead a life where they focused on that instead of being pressured into &amp;quot;making a living&amp;quot;.&lt;p&gt;I imagine we&amp;#x27;d have an abundance of pilots, and actors and a severe lack of toilet cleaners.</text></item><item><author>nickjj</author><text>What&amp;#x27;s really interesting to me is this same thing can be applied to adults too.&lt;p&gt;The article writes:&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;gt; For starters, he says, ask your kid this question: &amp;#x27;What would you do if you didn&amp;#x27;t have to do anything else?&amp;#x27;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;I often wonder what civilization would be like if adults asked the same question to themselves and then lead a life where they focused on that instead of being pressured into &amp;quot;making a living&amp;quot;.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>tqkxzugoaupvwqr</author><text>The salary of cleaners would rise until enough people are willing to do the job or it is more profitable to install self-cleaning toilets.</text></comment>