Helen W. (hkwhatley) reviewed Be wary of this book on 9/26/2008

Helpful Score: 3

This book may seem like a good idea... but she fails to explain some things that could make a big and dangerous difference to how teens make choices about things like sex!
Early in the book she sets out what she claims to be a witch's rules for living, and these include a statement about sex, set entirely without context, that implies that witches enjoy free sex. She claims that our creed dictates that "We value sexuality as "pleasure, as the symbol and embodiment of Life" and "translates" this to "teenspeak" as meaning that "we believe that having sex with another person is not a 'bad thing', though we do feel that sexual acts and interests carry a heavy responsibility." That's all she says... and for some that may be enough -- but for too many impressionable teens, that seems to open the door for teen sex without enough context. She gives no clues as to what the responsibility is...
If she's this lax about something that is as important to teens as sex, and when to have it with whom, she's likely as lax about other things as well.
Don't let your teen use this book as a guide without reading it yourself, and adding to it where judgment needs to be in play.

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