The author has brain cancer at age 20 and criticizes the National Cancer Institute for not allocating more funding to cure childhood cancers. The author argues that childhood is meant for innocence and carefreeness, not sickness, and that the 2,500 children who die each year in the US deserve to have their childhoods back. While the public sees childhood cancer as largely solved, progress has stagnated due to funding gaps, with the NCI dedicating only 3.8% of its budget to curing childhood cancers. The author calls the reader to action to provide more support and prevent killing off another generation of children.