What do you mean that’s just not how it works? You said “follow all the way through.” So if your kid picks Super Ghouls N Ghosts or NetHack they may end up never touching another game until they move out? Or do you let them give up after a certain number of hours?

I've always been an avid reader and for as long as I've able to read I've always read multiple books at a time, depending on my mood, and I finish them all. Granted I didn't grow up with the massive amount of available media kids have today, but I don't see a problem with kids reading multiple books at a time, if they go through them anyway. I much prefer this than kids not reading at all.

I can see your point though, I just can't agree with the books part, from my personal experience.

Yeah, I grew up getting books at yardsales and used book stores, usually a dozen at a time for a few dollars, and I almost always read several of them at a time. Switching between books seems like a natural way to read books, it's not a symptom of mass media induced brain damage or whatever is being suggested above. My family didn't even have cable TV so I'm quite sure my attention span wasn't damaged by it.

But what if it really sucks? There are bands who are "one hit wonders" not because of peoples attention spans but because the rest of their songs actually suck. Detective book series, where the supposed detective starts solving crimes by using astrology? Yeah... no, thank you. Scrubs season 9? The last few seasons of house of cards?

It sucks, there are many other things to read/watch/play, so why not quit the bad stuff and find something better?