September 24, 2007 – 2:40 pm
This is the introduction to Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters: Ten Secrets Every Father Should Know.
By Meg Meeker, M.D.
In September 1979, my father spoke a single sentence that changed my life. I had graduated from Mt. Holyoke College earlier in the year and had been rejected from several medical schools, so I was living at home [...]
September 24, 2007 – 1:10 pm
Suggested questions about Meg's book EPIDEMIC: How Teen Sex Is Killing Our Kids.
1. The title of your book is pretty dramatic. Is teen sex really killing our kids?
2. How bad is it? How many teens in your practice have an STD and what types are spreading the quickest?
3. You say you blew it for the [...]
September 24, 2007 – 1:07 pm
This year alone, 2 to 4 million of those infected with STDs will be teenagers
Every day, 8,000 teens will become infected with a new STD
1 out of every 4 sexually active teens is living with an STD at this moment
Teenagers today are five times more likely to have herpes than they were in the 1970s
50% [...]
September 16, 2007 – 2:43 pm
Here's a mention in the Detroit Free Press.
Parenthood does not come with directions. But here's a book that can help. "Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters: 10 Secrets Every Father Should Know"
From the inside flap: The most important person in a young girl's life? Her father. That's right — and teen health expert Dr. Meg Meeker has [...]
