About six years ago I was having lunch in New York Citya woman and a young boy sat down at the next table.I couldn't help(overhear) parts of their conversation.At one point the woman asked,"So,how have you been?"And the boy who could not have been more than seven or eight years old replied." (frank),I've been feeling a little depressed lately."

    This incident(impress) me most because it confirmed my growing(believe) that children are changing. As far as I can remember,my friends and I didn't find out we were "depressed"we were in high school.

    Undoubtedly,change in children has increased steadily in recent years.Children don't seem childlike any more.Children speak,dress and behave more like adultsthey used to.

    this is good or bad is difficult to say,but it certainly is different.Childhood as it once was no longer (exist).