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Title: DARE rhetoric wrapped in psychobabble
Review: In terms of ludicrous inanity, Faber and Mazlish fall somewhere between a commercial for the Mormon Church and the novel, Go Ask Alice. Their second ride on the How to Talk so Kids Will Listen cash cow is DARE rhetoric wrapped in psychobabble, in which the parents are far more concerned with coaxing obedience from the teens than developing their minds or even getting to know their personalities. Sit-com-like, they solve everything from broken curfews to promiscuous sex by "giving in fantasy" and "saying it in a funny way." When all else fails, they resort to propaganda, telling the kids that condoms are ineffective protection against STD's and that marijuana is more cancer-causing than tobacco. Don't laugh - millions of parents and professionals take these books entirely seriously!
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