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The author offers insights on the moral responsibility of the public, the exposure of vulnerable children to violence, and the political situation in the U.S. Topics discussed include the ethical care theory conceptualized by feminist philosophers Carol Gilligan, Sara Ruddick, and Nel Noddings, the separation of immigrant families at the U.S. border due to the immigration policy introduced by U.S. President Donald Trump, and the international guidelines on parental care for these children.

Argues that problems faced in United States schools and cities are directly resulting from society's orientation to how individuals relate to their communities. Schools and classrooms as communities; Classic liberal classrooms; Sociological constructivist communities; Democratic communities.

Explores democratic communities using the classroom community as a metaphor. Reason why democracies do justice to individuals; Necessary quality of democratic communities that needs highlighting; Problems and contradiction embedded in the concept of `community'; Assumptions about community; Schools and classrooms as communities.