((((bridgie)))) The world is not out to get you but your depression is, fight back, you can beat it. Your son is wanting to do other things than read. It is OK he is 8 years old. I don't think that I would want to read over other things. Maybe you can try to make reading fun for him. I used to play a game with my son at the same time we read. We would have to read a page then we could make a few moves on the game board. It work for us don't know if it will work for you but my son loved to play games with me and this was a way I came up with that got him to read.