Absolutely. There are so many ways that families and communities compensate. Religious communities have definitely been a way for children to develop a commitment to dedicated practice and learning to do something because it is worthwhile (not necessarily fun). For some reason, your description reminds me of this quote in Life at the Bottom (recommended by a long-ago Glenn Show guest): "This is where the baleful effect of education as mere entertainment makes itself felt. For to develop an interest requires powers of concentration and an ability to tolerate a degree of boredom while the elements of a skill are learned for the sake of a worthwhile end." https://www.city-journal.org/html/we-don%E2%80%99t-want-no-education-12348.html
Absolutely. There are so many ways that families and communities compensate. Religious communities have definitely been a way for children to develop a commitment to dedicated practice and learning to do something because it is worthwhile (not necessarily fun). For some reason, your description reminds me of this quote in Life at the Bottom (recommended by a long-ago Glenn Show guest): "This is where the baleful effect of education as mere entertainment makes itself felt. For to develop an interest requires powers of concentration and an ability to tolerate a degree of boredom while the elements of a skill are learned for the sake of a worthwhile end." https://www.city-journal.org/html/we-don%E2%80%99t-want-no-education-12348.html