Girl, 4, 'suffering depression'
 

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Girl, 4, 'suffering depression'

Mollie is being kept out of school for health reasons
A four-year-old is suffering from depression because she cannot attend the same primary school as her nursery friends, according to her doctor.
Mollie Murphy from Sunderland struggles to sleep and vomits before lessons, so her parents are keeping her at home.

Sunderland Council said Mollie missed out on a place at East Herrington school because of a late application.

Her GP, Kevin Weaver, wrote to the local authority asking for a change of school, citing stress and depression.

'Backwards and forwards'

Mollie's mother, Victoria Anderson, said: "I thought how can a little girl suffer from that? It's an adult's problem and Mollie's only four. But he told me it does happen.

"There wasn't a thing wrong with her before. Her health was fine, but now she's backwards and forwards to the doctors."

Mollie's parents say they are happy with the standards of her current school - Farringdon Primary - but are keeping her at home for health reasons.

A council spokesman said and there were no free places at East Herrington school but the family could appeal to the Local Government Ombudsman
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Jesus, depressions sure starts young! Wait till she actually starts school, then she'll be really depressed!

I hate everything about this stupid shit.

"I don't get as many cookies as I want during snacktime. I'm so depressed. I think I'm gonna kill myself."

Yeah, they should give her a slap and tell her to shut the fuck up!

This is going to be one influential emo when she gets older. If she starts when she`s 4, by the time she's 15 it will be horrid

This isn't fucking funny.

Idiots.

Considering that she's only four, being close to her friends is probably Mollie's main concern in life. This must feel like a big deal to her. Unfortunately, being diagnosed by a doctor probably means a course of largely unhelpful treatment.

I'd add that, given the way I see perfectly innocent children being spoken to by parents whenever I'm in town, my guess is that childhood depression is probably a much bigger problem than anyone realises.

And how dare her parents/guardians put in a late application on her behalf. Have they explained themselves yet?