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'''Margaret J. Meeker''' (born 1957)<ref>{{Cite web|title=VIAF|url=https://viaf.org/viaf/34296251/|website=Virtual International Authority File}}</ref> is an American [[Pediatrics|pediatrician]] and author of books on parenting from a Christian perspective.
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'''Margaret J. Meeker''' (born 1957)<ref>{{Cite web|title=VIAF|url=https://viaf.org/viaf/34296251/|url-status=live|website=Virtual International Authority File}}</ref> is an American [[Pediatrics|pediatrician]] and author of books on parenting from a Christian perspective. She is a clinical assistant professor at [[Michigan State University]]. Meeker is a guest commentator on media programs.


== Career ==
== Career ==
Her commentary on the rise of teenage sexually transmitted diseases has caught attention in education<ref>{{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}}</ref> and popular publications.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> Meeker is invited onto broadcast programs on the topics she has written about, such as ''[[Today (American TV program)|The Today Show]]'',<ref name=":0">{{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}}</ref> and ''[[The Ingraham Angle]]''<ref name=":1">{{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.)</ref> and she has a following in Christian groups on social and mainstream media<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Meg Meeker, MD|url=https://www.facebook.com/megmeekermd|access-date=2021-03-25|website=www.facebook.com|language=en}}</ref> and former President [[Donald Trump]].<ref name=":2">{{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}}</ref> Meeker is not professionally affiliated with [[Conservatism in the United States|conservative]] organizations.<ref name=":3" /> Meeker has written on [[Gender inequality#Gender roles in parenting and marriage|gender roles in parenting]] and in [[adolescent psychology]]. She was formerly a supporter of [[birth control]] and later changed her views.<ref name=":3" /> Meeker cites psychological benefits as the basis of her support of [[sexual abstinence]] among teenagers,<ref name=":3">{{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 (publisher)|Rodopi]]|isbn=978-90-420-2679-7|pages=37–46|doi=10.1163/9789042026797_004}}</ref> her views are quoted in analysis of the impact of pornography<ref>{{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}}</ref> and the attitudes of the church to sexuality.<ref>{{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}}</ref> She has appeared on various media programs such as ''[[60 Minutes]]'', ''The Today Show'',<ref name=":0" /> [[Fox News]]'s ''The Ingraham Angle'',<ref name=":1" /> Donald Trump shared another one of her appearances on ''[[Fox & Friends]]'',<ref name=":2" /> [[The Federalist|''The Federalis''t]], [[The Daily Telegraph|''The Telegraph'']], and ''[[NPR]]''. Her book ''Epidemic'' is the earliest known source of the [[Rainbow party (sexuality)|Rainbow party]] urban myth.<ref>{{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}}</ref>{{Citation needed|reason=showing she said it does not make her the original source|date=October 2024}}
Meeker is a clinical assistant professor at [[Michigan State University]].<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.meekerparenting.com/meet-meg|title= Pediatrician, Mother, and Best-Selling Author|publisher= Meg Meeker, M.D.|accessdate=11 March 2021}}</ref><ref>[https://phd.msu.edu/directory/adjunct-faculty/216-margaret-meeker-md Michigan State site]</ref>


Meeker is an adjunct clinical assistant professor at [[Michigan State University]].<ref>[https://phd.msu.edu/directory/adjunct-faculty/216-margaret-meeker-md Michigan State site]</ref> She is a fellow of the [[American Academy of Pediatrics]].<ref name=":3" />
Her commentary on the rise of teenage sexually transmitted diseases has caught attention in education<ref>{{Cite book|last=U.S|first=Sex Information and Education Council of the|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C0gbAAAAYAAJ&newbks=0&hl=en|title=SIECUS Report|date=2004|publisher=Sex Information and Education Council of the U. S.|pages=9|language=en}}</ref> and popular publications.<ref>{{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}}</ref> <ref>{{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}}</ref> Meeker is invited onto broadcast programs on the topics she has written about, such as ''[[Today (American TV program)|The Today Show]]'',<ref name=":0">{{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}}</ref> and the [[The Ingraham Angle|''Ingaraham Angle'']]<ref name=":1">{{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.)</ref> and she has a following in Christian fundamentalist groups on social and mainstream media<ref>[https://thefederalist.com/2020/02/04/how-to-raise-a-strong-daughter-in-a-toxic-culture/ Interview]</ref> <ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/film/he-named-me-malala/malala-father-daughter-relationship/]</ref> <ref>[https://www.facebook.com/megmeekermd/]</ref> and former President [[Donald Trump]].<ref name=":2">{{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 |publisher= Northern Express |access-date= March 12, 2021}}</ref> Meeker is not professionally affiliated with [[Conservatism in the United States|conservative]] organizations. Several of her books are published by the conservative book publisher, [[Regnery Publishing]].<ref name=":3" /> Meeker has written on [[Gender inequality#Gender roles in parenting and marriage|gender roles in parenting]] and in [[adolescent psychology]]. She was formerly a supporter of [[birth control]] and later changed her views.<ref name=":3" /> Meeker cites psychological benefits as the basis of her support of [[sexual abstinence]] among teenagers,<ref name=":3">{{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 (publisher)|Rodopi]]|isbn=978-90-420-2679-7|pages=37–46|doi=10.1163/9789042026797_004}}</ref> her views are quoted in analysis of the impact of pornography<ref>{{Cite book|last=Eberstadt|first=Mary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yvSrFZn9lBMC&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&dq=Meg+Meeker&q=Meg+Meeker&hl=en|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}}</ref> and the attitudes of the church to sexuality.<ref>{{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=0-8198-8320-4|location=Boston|pages=66|oclc=504280504}}</ref> She has appeared on various media programs such as ''[[60 Minutes]]'', ''[[The Today Show]]'',<ref name=":0" /> [[Fox News]]'s ''[[The Ingraham Angle]]'',<ref name=":1" /> [[Donald Trump]] shared another one of her appearances on ''[[Fox & Friends]]'',<ref name=":2" /> [[The Federalist|''The Federalis''t]], [[The Daily Telegraph|''The Telegraph'']],and ''[[NPR]]''. Meeker has over 600,000 likes on [[Facebook]].{{Citation needed|date=March 2021}}

Meeker is a fellow of the [[American Academy of Pediatrics]].<ref name=":3" />


==Selected works==
==Selected works==
*{{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|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=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]]|date=|publisher=[[Ballantine Books]]|year=2007|isbn=978-0-345-49939-4|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|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|date=|publisher=Regnery Publishing|year=2008|isbn=978-1-59698-057-0|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=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|date=|publisher=Regnery Publishing|year=2017|isbn=978-1-62157-502-3|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=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|date=|publisher=Regnery Publishing|year=2019|isbn=978-1-62157-503-0|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}}


==References==
==References==
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Margaret J. Meeker (born 1957)[1] is an American pediatrician and author of books on parenting from a Christian perspective.

Career

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Her commentary on the rise of teenage sexually transmitted diseases has caught attention in education[2] and popular publications.[3][4] Meeker is invited onto broadcast programs on the topics she has written about, such as The Today Show,[5] and The Ingraham Angle[6] and she has a following in Christian groups on social and mainstream media[7][8] and former President Donald Trump.[9] Meeker is not professionally affiliated with conservative organizations.[10] 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.[10] Meeker cites psychological benefits as the basis of her support of sexual abstinence among teenagers,[10] her views are quoted in analysis of the impact of pornography[11] and the attitudes of the church to sexuality.[12] She has appeared on various media programs such as 60 Minutes, The Today Show,[5] Fox News's The Ingraham Angle,[6] Donald Trump shared another one of her appearances on Fox & Friends,[9] The Federalist, The Telegraph, and NPR. Her book Epidemic is the earliest known source of the Rainbow party urban myth.[13][citation needed]

Meeker is an adjunct clinical assistant professor at Michigan State University.[14] She is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics.[10]

Selected works

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

References

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  1. ^ "VIAF". Virtual International Authority File.
  2. ^ U.S, Sex Information and Education Council of the (2004). SIECUS Report. Sex Information and Education Council of the U. S. p. 9.
  3. ^ Sexually transmitted diseases. Laura K. Egendorf. Detroit: Greenhaven Press. 2007. p. 16. ISBN 978-0-7377-1975-8. OCLC 82772643.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  4. ^ Kelsey, Candice M. (2007). Generation MySpace : helping your teen survive online adolescence. New York: Marlowe & Co. p. 144. ISBN 978-1-60094-011-8. OCLC 84152851.
  5. ^ a b "Men: Be the best dad to your little girl in 30 days". TODAY.com. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  6. ^ a b Laura Ingraham (November 15, 2017). The Ingraham Angle - November 15, 2017 - Archive. Retrieved March 11, 2021. (Meeker is interviewed just after the 40-minute mark.)
  7. ^ "Malala: like father, like daughter". The Telegraph. 2015-10-21. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
  8. ^ "Meg Meeker, MD". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
  9. ^ a b Sullivan, Patrick (April 1, 2017). "The World According To Meeker". Northern Express. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
  10. ^ a b c d Greslé-Favier, Claire (2009-01-01). "Raising Sexually Pure Kids": Sexual Abstinence, Conservative Christians and American Politics. Rodopi. pp. 37–46. doi:10.1163/9789042026797_004. ISBN 978-90-420-2679-7.
  11. ^ Eberstadt, Mary (September 2005). Home-Alone America: Why Today's Kids Are Overmedicated, Overweight, and More Troubled Than Ever Before. Sentinel. pp. 130, 139. ISBN 978-1-59523-015-7.
  12. ^ Women, sex and the church : a case for Catholic teaching. Erika Bachiochi. Boston: Pauline Books & Media. 2010. p. 66. ISBN 978-0-8198-8320-9. OCLC 504280504.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  13. ^ Meeker, Meg (2002). Epidemic: How Teen Sex Is Killing Our Kids. LifeLine Press. ISBN 978-0-89526-143-4.
  14. ^ Michigan State site
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