Missing Brain

"Mom, Oswald* has been teaching me bad stuff and bad words like "guns" and "stupid." He is teaching me! My heart is trying to go the other way, but it keeps following his around and around and around, even though I don't want it to. Mom, when other kids teach you bad stuff, part of your brain falls off--and you can hardly see it anymore." -Cass

*Names have been changed to protect the identity of those involved