PositiveThe Washington PostThe breadth of Orenstein’s reporting — the variety of experts she consulted, the number of parents she talked to, the science she drew on and of course the girls she interviewed — is impressive. Yet she doesn’t give a full sense of these young women; I wish there was more on what their partners, families and school lives were like. I also would have liked to see more on fathers. Fathers can play a critical role in building girls’ self-esteem and providing information about the way males think and behave. They also are important in helping boys relate to girls.
