For younger children, diverting their attention might do the trick.
So far as it operates at all, it operates by diverting trade from the channels in which it would naturally flow into other channels, and this diversion of industry, so far as it goes, must involve loss.
She settled into the seat and relaxed, diverting her attention to Destiny, who didn't appear to notice that something unusual was happening.
She did not talk about her brother, diverting the conversation as soon as her aunt mentioned Andrew.
Bulletproof Monk does exactly what it says on the tin and promises an hour and a half of mildly diverting entertainment.
