[em-bee]

the missing ingredient is teaching kids and exposing them to things that would help them develop a passion.

and more importantly help them to develop a purpose.

for myself i believe that the very purpose of life is to contribute to the advancement of civilization. iaw: do something useful for the world. no matter how small. developing a passion from that is much easier

this also solves the problem of ruining a passion if it is turned into work because do something useful is a higher order value.