Many parents worry about their child's attention span.
I believe that children are born with the ability to concentrate, but often something seems to interrupt the development of that ability. These early forms of concentration may not seem important to adults. We may interrupt them because we'd prefer that children start concentrating on shapes, or on the names of animals, or letters and numbers. And so often, what babies and toddlers are concentrating on most is the relationship between their bodies and the world. A friend of mine was worried and frustrated because his son didn't seem able to pay attention to any problem long enough to work his way through to the answer.