This is a story about a young girl who did not have the proper parenting. A 13 year old girl is shipped off to live with her father in Texas. The mom chooses her inappropriate boyfriend over her daughter. In Texas, the father is never home always at his girl friends. This leaves an opening for a creepy neighbor and a overly hormonal black boy in school to take advantage of the girl. The girl does not see her value and has very low self esteem. Often we get our value from our parents and our friends. When we don't see ourselves as having any self worth we act out like Jasira and resort to inappropriate behavior. Is it OK for 13 year old girls to have sex. Where is this girl going to end up. She probably will end up with a disease, pregnant or worse. I think this movie is condoning the girls behavior. I didn't really agree with the message of the movie. Its sad that the girl viewed herself in the way she did.
