About six years ago I was having lunch in New York City____a 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 adults____they used to.

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