In which case, give the little child what he or she wants - attention.
Being there are five of children in my family and everybody wants attention.
He didn't want her attention to return to him - not at all.
"Perhaps you know how it is when a wife wants her husband's attention?"
"With young children, one person after another wants your attention," he said.
In his view, she wanted attention and would respond well to it.
She wanted attention too, and Janet went over to her at once.
Also, the Giants seem to want attention from the players.
Like he was somehow interesting to a man whose attention you just didn't want.
I didn't want attention called to myself, so the logical thing was to go with the man.