September 24, 2007 – 2:43 pm
By Meg Meeker, M.D.
Toddlers securely attached to fathers are better at solving problems.
With fathers present in the home, kids manage school stress better.
Girls with doting fathers are more assertive.
Daughters who perceive that their fathers care a lot about them, and who feel connected to their fathers have significantly fewer suicide attempts and fewer instances of [...]
September 24, 2007 – 2:42 pm
By Meg Meeker, M.D.
10. Keep Her Connected
9. Teach Her to Fight
8. Teach Her Who God Is
7. Be the Man You Want Her to Marry
6. Pragmatism and Grit: Two of Your Greatest Assets
5. Protect Her, Defend Her (and use a shotgun if necessary)
4. Teach Her Humility
3. You Are Her First Love
2. She Needs a Hero
1. You [...]
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 – 1:07 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 [...]
Parents need to play an active role in their teenagers lives' to keep them physically and emotionally healthy.
That was the overriding message from Dr. Meg Meeker, a nationally known physician and author who spoke to a crowd of about 200 parents and teenagers last week at Glen Lake School. The program was sponsored by the [...]
