Quote Originally Posted by Yuusha View Post
I think one reason why some people end up as naturals is because they are more interested in dreams during childhood.
Most people have an annoying tendency to just go like "cool, I knew I was dreaming - now, back to ordinary life" whenever they spontaneously become lucid, and don't seem to truly understand the potential in it, whereas future "naturals" probably react more like "wow, that was cool! I totally wanna do it again!" --- I know Stephen LaBerge reacted that way.
So I think that most people get the opportunity to become naturals when they are children, since most people seem to have lots of lucid dreams during childhood, and it's those who actually are truly fascinated by those dreams who get a major headstart.
And since it's often easier to have an open mindset to things when you are very young, you will probably think of lucid dreams as "this cool thing that I can do when I sleep", rather than "this odd phenomenon that only a handful of people seem to be able to do".
That's an important difference.
That's why i like to talk with kids about LDing. Their minds are so plastic and open, LDing is very common in childhood. If they are explicitly asked to develop their dream skills, i would like to see if their abilities are retained or not till adulthood. But that's an experience i will make when i have a child.