Article On Depressed Preschoolers Not Exactly A Bundle Of Laughs

“But there were worrisome signs. For one thing, unlike your typical joyful and carefree 4-year-old, Kiran didn’t have a lot of fun. ‘He wasn’t running around, bouncing about, battling to get to the top of the slide like other kids,’ Raghu notes. Kiran’s mother, Elizabeth (her middle name), an engineer, recalls constant refrains of ‘Nothing is fun; I’m bored.’ When Raghu and Elizabeth reminded a downbeat Kiran of their coming trip to Disney World, Kiran responded: ‘Mickey lies. Dreams don’t come true.’”
-The New York Times asks if preschoolers can be diagnosed with depression. Later on in the article a different little boy hides under a table and whimpers, “I’m so sad. I’m so sad.” This will probably either make you cry or remind you of your own childhood, or, in the case of certain website editors, both.