Tell the truth now. Don’t you wish you’d paid more attention in high school and college when your history and social studies ...

Undivided attention means paying attention to one thing to the exclusion of everything else. Related stories There's also sustained attention, where you focus on one thing for an extended period.

I'm also very aware of how stressful it can be, whether as a parent, caregiver, or teacher, to feel as if kids aren't paying attention "right." How will they ever learn, we might wonder?