Now, I think talking about any child, regardless of sex, being violent is ian important subject. But when you focus the discussion on girls then you're completely missing the point and putting the undeserved and unfair attention on girls NOT BOYS. For example:

Let's say you're a parent and you have 6 kids (5 boys, 1 girl) and every week, your 5 boys fight with each other and they get into fights at school. Every week they get sent home for fighting, cursing, bad behavior, etc. Then one day, your one daughter, who has no history of such behavior, gets sent home from school for fighting. Suddenly its "OMG Peggy Sue got into a fight. What's wrong with my daughter!? This is all the WNBA's fault!!!"

Boys fighting should not be "boys being boys." teaching young men and boys that this is normal, and not calling them out while lambasting girls is such a male-dominated view to take.

ZERO stars folks! stay away!

I completely disagree with the previous reviewer who slams this book (and others with similar concerns about today's youth) in such a tunnel vision manner. This book is an important social commentary for any parent to read, and for any adult to ponder.

Any parent who has had the challenge of raising a girl in today's violence-filled society, knows the real story. The complete real story may be too big to fit into one book, but THIS book is about an issue that is very close to parents' hearts. And it should be.

Is it alarmist to be concerned about today's girls when it comes to the impact of violence in their lives? I suspect readers will be intelligent enough to read this book for what it is: A concerned and informed point of view about girls and young women.