TY - JOUR T1 - IF only grown-ups would pay attention AU - Sloane K Y1 - 2013/02/27 N1 - 10.1001/jama.2013.364 JO - JAMA SP - 779 EP - 780 VL - 309 IS - 8 N2 - 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 SN - 0098-7484 M3 - doi: 10.1001/jama.2013.364 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2013.364 ER -