Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

We buy and read a lot of books in our family, enough that we have a library of good ones and we often buy extras of books we feel are especially good, so we can share them. We can usually find a great home for a book with someone who will enjoy it or benefit from it, even if we don't care to keep it. But this book...GOING TO THE TRASH. This is utter rubbish. Now, if you flip through a few pages, you might think, "Well, this is just super-cool. This can help a youngster set some achievable goals and really broaden those horizons with purpose, instead of wasting endless hours scrolling through social media." Yes, there are good ideas here. But slipped in throughout the book is advice of the FAR-LEFTIST and/or IMMORAL AND TRASHY kind, advocating things such as going to Planned Parenthood for sex ed, if parents are just too square, or finding a group with whom to go skinny-dipping, or confessing a crush ( maybe a same-sex one) or confessing secrets (such as your hidden hobby of dressing in drag) in person or to strangers online and then hear about theirs. Ever hear about sex slavery and trafficking? Offering a sympathetic ear online where sexual topics and questions can be discussed is a prime way perpetrators with deadly intentions lure their victims. Don't believe me? Stop in and ask about this at your local police station. I'm serious. C'mon, why are we suggesting some of these abnormal activities like they're perfectly normal and part of a wide population? Who ARE these authors? Their agenda certainly is clear. This book is exactly what you'd expect from the pages of magazines you would NOT want your teen to read, magazines that encourage immoral, oversexed, weird thoughts and practices. Can't kids just be kids anymore? Is that not OK? Parents, do not buy this book! If you're a Christian parent, you'll love the advice on how to do things like read palms and interpret dreams and put on a condom correctly, so you can explore "big league pleasures." Um, really? Aside from the clearly inappropriate themes, the advice just simply isn't good. For instance, as a lifelong equestrian, I can assure you that the pointers on learning to ride a horse are not useful, not accurate (even in the attempt simplify) and possibly downright dangerous. I thought this book was a very good idea...at first. But in seeking to give teens ideas on how to experience more in life, the authors have offered little more than a checklist with some good ideas and some really crummy ones, but with no real information. And before you attack: Please don't wrongly assume that I would advocate restricting kids to exposure to just the parents' own worldview. That couldn't be a bigger untruth. But this book is flat-out political propaganda, designed to get kids fully indoctrinated into our increasingly-nihilistic society. The trash can may be too good for this tome. Yuck.