Adolescent Violence in the Home: Restorative Approachesto Building Healthy, Respectful Family Relationships, by Gregory Routt and Lily Anderson discusses a form of family violence that has been recognized as a major issue for decades but that has constantly been ignored by society. Routt and Anderson illustrate the elements of adolescent violence towards their parents, a form of abuse that is not often discussed. The adolescent period of life is a time of growth and development that can fluctuate often, and sometimes develop violent and abusive behaviors. Whether it is a result of poor parenting, traumatic life events, or mental disorders, adolescent violence in the home towards parents, siblings, and parental figures can cause severe emotional and physical distress in a family. Parents who are victims of abuse tend to keep the issue quiet, due to embarrassment, or they blame themselves for contributing to their child’s violent characteristics. The authors em-phasize the lack of attention that this form of family vio-lence receives, and throughout the text offer specified intervention methods to try and remedy adolescent vio-lence towards their parents. Routt and Anderson offer an eye-opening text that recognizes the severity of parental abuse by their children, and aims to inform readers about how to identify, accept, and solve this issue while restoring more effective familial relationships.