Meg Meeker

Her commentary on the rise of teenage sexually transmitted diseases has caught attention in education{{Cite book|last=U.S|first=Sex Information and Education Council of the|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C0gbAAAAYAAJ|title=SIECUS Report|date=2004|publisher=Sex Information and Education Council of the U. S.|pages=9|language=en}} and popular publications.{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/82772643|title=Sexually transmitted diseases|date=2007|publisher=Greenhaven Press|others=Laura K. Egendorf|isbn=978-0-7377-1975-8|location=Detroit|pages=16|oclc=82772643}}{{Cite book|last=Kelsey|first=Candice M.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/84152851|title=Generation MySpace : helping your teen survive online adolescence|date=2007|publisher=Marlowe & Co|isbn=978-1-60094-011-8|location=New York|pages=144|oclc=84152851}} Meeker is invited onto broadcast programs on the topics she has written about, such as The Today Show,{{Cite web|title=Men: Be the best dad to your little girl in 30 days|url=https://www.today.com/video/men-be-the-best-dad-to-your-little-girl-in-30-days-44490307659|access-date=2021-03-13|website=TODAY.com|language=en}} and The Ingraham Angle{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iIE1Ez2EN8|title=The Ingraham Angle - November 15, 2017 - Archive|date=November 15, 2017|people=Laura Ingraham|language=English|trans-title=|access-date=March 11, 2021|medium=}} (Meeker is interviewed just after the 40-minute mark.) and she has a following in Christian groups on social and mainstream media{{Cite news|date=2015-10-21|title=Malala: like father, like daughter|language=en-GB|work=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/film/he-named-me-malala/malala-father-daughter-relationship/|access-date=2021-03-25|issn=0307-1235}}{{Cite web|title=Meg Meeker, MD|url=https://www.facebook.com/megmeekermd|access-date=2021-03-25|website=www.facebook.com|language=en}} and former President Donald Trump.{{cite web |url= https://www.northernexpress.com/news/feature/the-world-according-to-meeker/ |title= The World According To Meeker |last= Sullivan |first= Patrick |date= April 1, 2017 |website= Northern Express |access-date= March 12, 2021}} Meeker is not professionally affiliated with conservative organizations. Meeker has written on gender roles in parenting and in adolescent psychology. She was formerly a supporter of birth control and later changed her views. Meeker cites psychological benefits as the basis of her support of sexual abstinence among teenagers,{{Cite book|last=Greslé-Favier|first=Claire|title="Raising Sexually Pure Kids": Sexual Abstinence, Conservative Christians and American Politics|date=2009-01-01|publisher=Rodopi|isbn=978-90-420-2679-7|pages=37–46|doi=10.1163/9789042026797_004}} her views are quoted in analysis of the impact of pornography{{Cite book|last=Eberstadt|first=Mary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yvSrFZn9lBMC&q=Meg+Meeker|title=Home-Alone America: Why Today's Kids Are Overmedicated, Overweight, and More Troubled Than Ever Before|date=September 2005|publisher=Sentinel|isbn=978-1-59523-015-7|pages=130, 139|language=en}} and the attitudes of the church to sexuality.{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/504280504|title=Women, sex and the church : a case for Catholic teaching|date=2010|publisher=Pauline Books & Media|others=Erika Bachiochi|isbn=978-0-8198-8320-9|location=Boston|pages=66|oclc=504280504}} She has appeared on various media programs such as 60 Minutes, The Today Show, Fox News's The Ingraham Angle, Donald Trump shared another one of her appearances on Fox & Friends, The Federalist, The Telegraph, and NPR. Her book Epidemic is the earliest known source of the Rainbow party urban myth.{{Cite book|last=Meeker|first=Meg|title=Epidemic: How Teen Sex Is Killing Our Kids|publisher=LifeLine Press|year=2002|isbn=978-0-89526-143-4|language=en}}{{Citation needed|reason=showing she said it does not make her the original source|date=October 2024}}

Meeker is an adjunct clinical assistant professor at Michigan State University.[https://phd.msu.edu/directory/adjunct-faculty/216-margaret-meeker-md Michigan State site] She is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

• {{Cite book|last=Meeker|first=Meg|title=Epidemic: How Teen Sex Is Killing Our Kids|publisher=LifeLine Press|year=2002|isbn=978-0-89526-143-4|language=en}}
• {{Cite book|last=Meeker|first=Meg|url=|title=Your Kids at Risk: How Teen Sex Threatens Our Sons and Daughters|publisher=Regnery Publishing|year=2007|isbn=978-1-59698-513-1|language=en}}
• {{Cite book|last=Meeker|first=Margaret J.|url=|title=Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters|publisher=Ballantine Books|year=2007|isbn=978-0-345-49939-4|language=en}}
• {{Cite book|last=Meeker|first=Meg|title=Strong Mothers, Strong Sons: Lessons Mothers Need to Raise Extraordinary Men|publisher=Random House Publishing Group|year=2014|isbn=978-0-345-51809-5|language=en}}
• {{Cite book|last=Meeker|first=Meg|url=|title=Boys Should Be Boys: 7 Secrets to Raising Healthy Sons|publisher=Regnery Publishing|year=2008|isbn=978-1-59698-057-0|language=en}}
• {{Cite book|last=Meeker|first=Meg|url=|title=The 10 Habits of Happy Mothers: Reclaiming Our Passion, Purpose, and Sanity|publisher=Random House Publishing Group|year=2011|isbn=978-0-345-51807-1|language=en}}
• {{Cite book|last=Meeker|first=Meg|url=|title=Hero: Being the Strong Father Your Children Need|publisher=Regnery Publishing|year=2017|isbn=978-1-62157-502-3|language=en}}
• {{Cite book|last=Meeker|first=Meg|url=|title=You've Got This: Unlocking the Hero Dad Within|publisher=Regnery Publishing|year=2018|isbn=978-1-62157-731-7|language=en}}
• {{Cite book|last=Meeker|first=Meg|url=|title=Raising a Strong Daughter in a Toxic Culture: 11 Steps to Keep Her Happy, Healthy, and Safe|publisher=Regnery Publishing|year=2019|isbn=978-1-62157-503-0|language=en}}

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