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A how-to guide to help parents recognize and heed the warning signs of today's hip culture, including threats that weren't around 20 or 30 years ago.

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars It's Sad People Believe This Way, July 12, 2002

By	"editormich" (Springfield, VA) - See all my reviews

I am the mother of a 12 year old girl and stumbled across this book at the library. After the first couple of chapters I suspected it was a "Christian" book, but figured I'd see what, if any, information of value I could glean from the book. The one thing I did get was that it is a good idea for Dads to spend one-on-one time with their teen daughters and be involved in their lives. That "good" male attention can help immensely with a girl's self-esteem and give her positive expectations of male/female relationships.

Other than that, the book is HORRID. It is, as other reviewers have mentioned, EXTREMELY sensationalistic. While I would prefer my daughter not get involved in the rave scene, I sincereley doubt that one exposure is going to result in her becoming gang raped and running off and being a prostitute.

Chapter 5, about the Goths, warns that dabbling in wearing black clothers, black eyeliner and black lipstick will cause your child to be posessed by the devil. Least you think they are exagerating, the author warns, David Berkowitz (aka Son of Sam) is presented not as a sick individual who CLAIMS that he was possessed by the devil and thus committed his atrocious acts, but as someone who had ACTUALLY been posessed by the devil.

Do they REALLY think that giving your teen Christian Contemporary Music CDs would work on a kid who's preference is Marylin Manson?

I'm still reading the book ... I am slightly halfway along and am reading it more for the "I cannot believe they actually think this way" value than anything else.

There are much better, more realistic, saner books out there on dealing with your teen and his or her issues.

Read this one just for its curiosity factor ... if you try any of their "Discussion Starters" on your actual teen I guarantee they'll never regard you with a straight face again.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Hohoho., August 14, 2003

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I have to say that this is possibly the most sensationalist misinformed piece of tripe I have ever come across. I agree fully with all of the other reviews and their comments. Not only is this the worst type of religious scaremongering (before you bible bashers start I am a good Catholic boy, educated by priests anyone) I have seen in a long time, it's just plain offensive to anyone who indulges in the odd piuercing or enjoys dance music and raves or God forbid...dresses in black (catholic priests). I think this books sales rank speaks volumes for it. The author must be quite worried about the state of the world today when books about bestiality are selling more than their guide to emerging threats. In brief...if you want to completely distance yourself from your children, if you do not want to understand their problems in the most important years of their lives, if you are fundamentalist, sensationalist or just ignorant to other cultures and lifestyles then this book is for you. If on the other hand you are a normal sane human the only good this book will serve will be to scare you away from organised religion and it's draconian beliefs forever.

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1.0 out of 5 stars uhhhh, October 12, 2002

By	John Galt (GA, USA) - See all my reviews

I don't own this book; I filped through it at a bookstore once, and then fell to the ground laughing, mostly about the part w/ Goths.
I, being somewhat Gothic, found the whole thing funny. I listen to some Chrisitan music, for heavens sake, and Goth has nothing to do with the devil.
Manson is shock rock, not Goth and the term Spooky Kid is used by me and a lot of other goths to describe people who listen to Manson, cut themselves to be Goth, drink blood and so forth.
Goth is basically about beauty, and it has nothing to do with Devil Worship. It's not a religion, and I'm Christian and Goth, and I have never meant any devil worshipers or people that are possessed.
Don't get this, unless you have a *very* good sense of humor and know the basics of what this book is talking about.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Horrendous...thats the only way to describe this book
I bought this book because I thought it would be humorous (and it was only $[...]), however once I started reading it my mouth dropped open and with each sentence... Read more

Published 3 months ago by KaliS.

1.0 out of 5 stars Trying to cash on worried parents
The author is just trying to cash on moral panic and the natural concerns of parents with a sensationalistic histerical piece that is misleading, non factual and completly useless... Read more

Published on September 18, 2005 by 98696

1.0 out of 5 stars /sigh
I have one thing to say to this crap. Jesus save my tattooed old school goth behind from your followers. What a silly, hysterical woman. Read more

Published on April 27, 2004 by sorchia4

1.0 out of 5 stars horrible
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Not only is this woman preaching hysterical and wildly inaccurate attitudes towards what most of us parents consider to be a pretty important aspect of our lives (the... Read more

Published on May 2, 2003 by Lupe

1.0 out of 5 stars pie?
this book promise pie, it have no pie, i blame teen culture! oh no!! hehe

Published on March 24, 2003 by Daitokuji31

2.0 out of 5 stars Yeah, it's one-sided propaganda, but has a few good points..
First of all, I only read the first chapter, so I can only comment on that. It's free to read on Regnery's website, and is about the dangers of the rave culture to teens. Read more

Published on June 3, 2002 by Steven D. Nelson

1.0 out of 5 stars No way
I have read this book not long ago, and I found it offensive and untrue. I was one of the 'goths' in high school and in college, and I was friends with all of the 'rave' people... Read more

Published on June 2, 2002

1.0 out of 5 stars Sad...
This book left me uneasy at how people still judge others that they dont' understand. All kids that go to raves do drugs; its not even a majority. Read more

Published on April 25, 2002

1.0 out of 5 stars Garbage
As usual, a "Christian" book is disguising itself as an authority on something about which it obviously knows little. Read more

Published on February 12, 2002 by mahatma_reznor