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 first 20 years of your career and now you call yourself a reformed pediatrician, what do you mean?

4. If the epidemic of STDs among teenagers is so prevalent, why has it not been covered in the media?

5. Why has the number of STDs escalated so much within the past 20 years? What’s the solution to curbing this epidemic?

6. You say condoms aren’t the answer. What do you mean? "Safe sex" has been advocated for decades.

7. Are you saying even 19-year-olds shouldn’t be sexual at all? Is this for health or moral reasons?

8. How effective is sex education in our schools?

9. What is a parent to do whose kids say they will keep having sex? Where does a parent go from there?

10. Every teen magazine you pick up sexualizes girls and entices them to be sexual. Aren’t we fighting a losing battle?

To schedule an interview with Meg Meeker, please contact Lauren Lawson at 202.216.0601 x484 or at llawson@eaglepub.com