Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / Beth E. Richie -- Introduction: from prisons to the playground, caregiving and abolition intertwine / Maya Schenwar -- Lessons from our kids, lessons from our parents -- I want to start school so I can learn to write letters to my dad in prison / EJ, six years old -- The work of making life: four vignettes on abolitionist caregiving in practice / Harsha Walia -- Parenting toward abolition from inside prison: a letter to my daughter / Erika Ray -- "An imagination party": how my toddler fuels my abolitionist vision / Maya Schenwar -- Walking side by side with my mother: a reflection on abolition and accountability / Jnana -- "It opened my heart": lessons from being parented by an abolitionist / Paul Lacombe; interviewed by Kim Wilson -- On parenthood and genocide / Heba Gowayed -- Saying goodbye to my grandmother from prison and honoring her memory with action / Antoniese Gant -- A mother's never-ending pain from incarceration: the ongoing fight to restore dignity / D'Marria Monday -- Interdependence at the end of the world: abolitionist parenting beyond happiness / Sarah Tyson -- Parents and caregivers in movement. The legacy of black mothers' radical resistance of care / Dorothy Roberts -- Mama solidarity and the founding of moms united against violence and incarceration / Holly Krig -- Free Gilbert Jones: the early political geography of mothers ROC / Ruth Wilson Gilmore -- Parental tools for abolition: some dad shit / Dylan Rodríguez -- Learning from Claudia Jones: mobilizing parents toward liberatory political consciousness in the face of a right-wing "Parents' movement" / Kaitlin Noss -- Out of many, one: our adventures in parenting toward freedom / Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn -- Caregiving dreams beyond normative family structures. Queer family as an intervention on police violence: abolition and the beauty of choosing our loved ones / Shira Hassan; interviewed by Maya Schenwar -- Empire and colonization operate through family: how do we disrupt them in our homes? / Stacey Austin and Nadine Naber -- Survival parenting: caring for incarcerated adult children should be a collective endeavor / Kim Nelson -- Building an abolitionist world includes supporting caregivers: here are six concrete ways to do that / Victoria Law -- He calls me Zaza: a nonbinary road map to liberation / Keisa Reynolds -- Shelter and shower toward abolition: a reflection on collective care, reproductive justice, and educational justice / Anya Tanyavutti -- Practicing abolitionist caregiving. Using children's books as a tool for abolition / Mariame Kaba; interviewed by Maya Schenwar -- In order to talk to my child about war and incarceration, I must talk to them about resistance / Ryann Willow Croken -- Kids are wondering … what is abolition? / PDX childcare collective -- Passing on: practicing restorative justice at home / Jennifer Viets -- How do we survive & parent with our love intact? / Adrienne Maree Brown and Autumn Brown -- Confronting copaganda: how to challenge cartoon cops and officer friendly / Rania El Mugammar -- We love ourselves, too: stewarding caregiving possibilities and navigating intergenerational trauma together / Alejandro Villalpando and Susana Victoria Parras -- Conclusion: continuing to learn and grow / Kim Wilson.