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My mother gave me a copy of this book upon the birth of my daughter (she liked the title). Anxious as I was to be a new father of a baby girl, I was excited to have something to read that might help me overcome my fear and anxiety and help me learn how to be the best father I can be. Ok. So since I don't love Jesus, don't vote Republican and don't mistrust and hate everyone who isn't exactly like me or, more precisely, the author, this book was not going to be the book for me. Putting to the side your religious, political and social alliances, why would any new father want to read a book where every 3rd page it seems warns that your new daughter is going to be raped, contract a STD or become a crack addict? Is that helpful? I don't live in a closet. I own a television, computer, etc. I'm aware and, yes, worried, about what's going on out there. It is painfully unhelpful, then, to be bowled over with contrived anecdotal tales and other sensational facts and figures which have the effect, solely, of causing upset. I know enough about Brittany, Paris and Lindsay to know what I don't want my daughter to be. Like so much conservative garbage out there today, this book has the exact opposite effect of what it ought to have. Rather than come away with positive feelings about our little girls, the author seems intent on frightening parents, forcing them to build walls and fences to keep the wolves away from our helpless little lambs.