There was a boy named Brandon Smith who lived with his parents and baby sister Brianna, along with their pet dog Hunter. Mom works from home while Dad is a CEO of a business. While Mom is working and busy with the baby, Dad is always away at work, so they barely have time for their son Brandon.

Brandon wakes up to Brianna crying which means it is time for school. Mom rushes to take care of Brianna while Dad runs off to work. Brandon prepares himself breakfast and then goes to get on the bus. 

Brandon gets to school and walks down the 4th grade hall and sees his teacher. Ms. Helen greets her students at the door. He puts his stuff in his cubby then sits down at his table, waiting for his teacher to start the lesson of the day. 

Brandon sits in the back of the class every day. He doesn't really have friends because he is one of the smarter students in the class and the kids like to taunt him for knowing the questions and calls him a nerd. He hates being teased so he usually just stays by himself and doesn't talk to anyone. 

As the school day goes on, Ms. Helen notices that Brandon keeps dozing off during class. But what she didn't know at the time was that the previous night Brandon stayed awake for hours playing his tablet.

Ms. Helen decided to pull Brandon to the side after class to talk about him sleeping during her lessons. He eventually told Ms. Helen that he has been staying up late at night on his tablet to distract himself from his problems at home.

Brandon told his teacher that his parents worked a lot and were always taking care of his baby sister. Therefore, this made Brandon feel very sad because he felt like no one was paying any attention to him.

Brandon would distract himself by staying up all night watching funny videos on TikTok and Instagram. He would watch these videos to help him not be sad anymore.

Ms. Helen sends an email to Brandon's mom explaining how Brandon is showing signs of depression. Ms. Helen tells Brandon's mom that Brandon have not been interacting with the other students and he has been sleeping in class because he feels neglected at home.