这部小说反映了孩子在不同的教育下，所走出的不同的道路。深刻揭示了学校教育、社会教育及家庭教育对青少年成长的深刻影响。书中重点写了两个典型的家长，黑小子的母亲李梅和宋群的家长金萌。李梅知情达理有着中国传统妇女的美德，而金萌是另类家长的代表，她凡事总是为自己着想，最后导致宋群被坏人拉拢进了看守所。(This novel reflects the children accepting different educations and taking different life roads accordingly. It profoundly reveals the profound influences of the school education, social education and family education onto the growth of teenagers. This book concentrates on the two typical parents, that is, Li Mei, the mother of Black Boy, and Jin Meng, the parent of Song Qun. With the virtues of the traditional Chinese women, Li Mei is reasonable while, standing for another kind of parents, Jin Meng always thinks of herself and eventually leading to the outcome that Song Qun is thrown into the detention center for being used by the bad guys.)