A Kind and Just Parent gives us a transformative view of kids
caught up in the justice system that we could never get from
nightly news and newspaper stories. William Ayers has spent five
years as teacher and observer in Chicago's Juvenile Court prison,
the nation's first and largest institution of juvenile justice,
founded by legendary reformer Jane Addams to act as a "kind and
just parent" for kids in need. Today, immensely confused and
confusing, it serves as a perfect microcosm of the way American
justice deals with children. The book follows a year in the life of
the prison school. Its characters are three-dimensional: funny,
quirky, sometimes violent, and often vulnerable. We see young
people talking about their lives, analyzing their own situations,
and thinking about their friends and their futures. We watch them
throughout a school year and meet some remarkable teachers. From
the intimate perspective of a teacher, Ayers gives us portraits,
history, and analysis that help us to understand not only what
brought these kids into the court system, but why people find it
hard to think straight about them, and what we might do to keep
their younger brothers and sisters from landing in the same place.
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