RT Journal
A1 Sloane K
T1 IF only grown-ups would pay attention
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 2013
FD February 27
VO 309
IS 8
SP 779
OP 780
DO 10.1001/jama.2013.364
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2013.364
AB 
Said the little boy, “Sometimes I drop my spoon.”Said the old man, “I do that too.”The little boy whispered, “I wet my pants.”“I do that too,” laughed the little old man.Said the little boy, “I often cry.”The old man nodded, “So do I.”“But worst of all,” said the boy, “it seemsGrown-ups don't pay attention to me.”And he felt the warmth of a wrinkled old hand.“I know what you mean,” said the little old man.—Shel Silverstein, “The Little Boy and the Old Man”1