engineer. in this new kids book she powers up her laptop hoping to create a video game but admits she'll need her friends steven and brian to really make it happen. then her computer gets a virus, and the guys come to the rescue. >> she didn't actually fix it. they fixed it. >> reporter: we showed the book to parent sharon wallace who was not impressed. >> i think sometimes barbie is a little behind the times, so it sounds like in this case that could be happening again. >> reporter: wallace says it's not a book she'd let either one of her kids read. >> i think a girl could probably fix a computer by herself without asking boys to help her. what do you think? >> yes. >> yeah, it's pretty sexist. >> it will go faster if brian and i help, offers steven. are you kidding me? >> reporter: filmmaker robin howser reynolds says software engineering is a male dominated world. her new documentary "code" seeks to empower women but adds this book doesn't help. >> i think they are trying to fit in with current issues by talking about computer science programming yet they're reaffirming a stereotype that a