A Letter to My Prodigal Son

Every father would like to play an equal and effective role in raising his son. The author offers his observations and insights from personal experiences and his interaction with children and families through his teaching career. The author offers through a letter to help raise his son by proxy giving intimate advice and guidance to facilitate a strong and wholesome character. He confronts major issues such as education, courtship, love and war from the unique perspective as he struggled to compensate for the same emotional void in his life.

Jerry Barry has pursued a dual career as artist and educator. While working as a special education teacher in Brooklyn, New York, he became interested in issues involving children and families. There he explored the concept of using art as a magnet to encourage students to learn. It was during the course of explaining these paintings that Mr. Barry decided to begin writing this and other books. The author has a bachelor in Art Education from Illinois State University, a masters degree in Special Education from Long Island University, NY, and a Masters of Fine Arts from University of Hartford. He presently teaches art at the Mary Hooker Magnet school of Environmental Sciences in Hartford, Connecticut.