@rodrma- I hope you don't have any kids. Because if you do, I hope they don't have depression or any other serious illness/condition. You are a good defenition of ignorant. Well, if any child who gets treatment when symptoms arise can live a good life and contribute to society and be a hardworker like you say you are. It boils down to minding your own business if you have nothing nice to say.

@rodrma - To say that a "boot in the @ss will fix a child that is suffering inside is completely ignorant. As a mother of a child that has just been recently diagnosed with depression, you have no business making those types of judgement. My daughter was an A/B honor student, active in school and after....plays soccer, is in pep-squad and I see to it she is in bed at 9:30 every night. So no, she is not a bored, lazy kid. She's has been seeing a therapist for 2 years to allow her to vent frustations. Since starting high school, her grades have dropped tremendously, she has been anti-social and just sad. I am not willing to risk my daughters life/happiness by just ignoring something that is staring me in the face. Her pediatrician summed it perfectly, "She's only 14 once and she deserves to be happy". Please research and rethink before you pass judgment on mine or any other child.

Uhh... I don't normally comment on these things, but seriously? Are you an ignorant little pr**k, or what? Those conditions are all very real and affect the people with them throughout there lives. You're saying deppressed children are just bored? Do most bored kids turn to self-harm and suicide to alleviate said boredom? Have fun with your closed-mindinded idiocy.

Childhood Depression = Bored Kids who need an old fashioned boot in the ass. In my day (yes I'm old) we didn't have time to get depressed. We were too busy busting @ss, aching for the opportunity (like couple of evening hours) to have a little fun before we had get to it (work) the next day. The same goes for Attention Deficit, Bipolar and Tourette's disorders and syndromes. Were all cured by the same boot in the @ss. Before these peopled were referred to as undisciplined @$$holes.