My daughter absolutely loves this story. Contrary to a lot of bad reviews that this book has received- I do not believe that it, in any way, condones male on female violence. Anyone who has more than one child knows that at some point there will be some form of teasing. I think that the message this book is trying to convey is that even though your brother (or sister) teases you, he or she still loves you. I do not feel that PJ "shunned" his sister for tattling on him- I think he genuinely felt bad about teasing her. I know that my daughter is NOT going to develop low self esteem because she likes this story. If reading this story is going to cause your child to someday think that being abused is okay, then I think they have more serious problems that should be addressed.