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  MTV

  music

  N

  National Commission on Children

  National Eating Disorders Association

  National Institute of Mental Health

  National Youth Violence Prevention Program

  O

  obesity

  oral sex

  P

  Paradise Lost (Milton)

  parent connectedness: alcohol use and; balance and; depression and; drugs and; electronics, immersion in and; fathers, importance of and; honesty and; importance of; sex and; stress and; time, giving and

  Pascal, Blaise

  peer pressure: combating; fathers, importance of and; parental influence and; sex and

  Pensées (Pascal)

  perseverance, fathers as heroes and

  popular culture: combating; eating disorders and; fathers and; humility and; independence and; masculinity and; sex and; victims and

  pornography; honesty and; Internet and; masculinity and; religion and; sex education and; STDs and

  pragmatism

  pregnancy, teen: father’s importance and. See also contraception

  pride

  R

  rape. See sexual assault

  realism: humility and; pragmatism of fathers and

  rebellion: boundaries, setting and; fathers, authority of and; fathers, importance of and; independence and; religion and; television, sexual content in and

  relationships, humility and

  religion: boundaries, setting and; definition of; depression and; happiness and; importance of; media and; pornography and; protective function of; rebellion and; sex and. See also God

  remarriage

  S

  safe sex. See sex education

  schools, sex education in

  self-esteem: eating disorders and; fathers, importance of and; fathers as heroes and; father’s importance and; father’s physical affection and; humility and; sex and

  sex: abstinence and; boundaries, setting and; defense plan for; depression and; early exposure to; fathers, authority of and; fathers’ importance and; fathers’ love, absence of and; Internet and; magazines and; marketing and; modesty and; movies and; music and; national statistics about parent connectedness and; peer pressure and; popular culture and; protection of daughters from; religion and; self-esteem and; sexy, being and; talking about; television and

  sex education: abortion and; contraception and; homosexuality and; masturbation and; misinformation in; modesty and; pornography and; safe sex and; in schools; SIECUS guidelines for; STDs and; television and

  sexual assault; depression and; fathers’ response to

  Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS)

  sexually transmitted diseases (STDs): chlamydia; contraception and; depression and; as epidemic; gonorrhea; herpes simplex type 1 (cold sores); herpes simplex type 2 (genital herpes); HIV; HPV; masturbation and; medical profession and; oral sex and; pornography and; rise of; sex education and; statistics on; syphilis; transmission of

  Showtime

  SIECUS. See Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States

  single-parent families

  “Smart and Good High Schools” (Lickona and Davidson)

  Smith, Christian

  smoking

  Soul Searching: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers (Smith)

  STDs. See sexually transmitted diseases

  stepfamilies

  Stone, Sharon

  stress: fathers, importance of and; parent connectedness and

  Strobel, Lee

  suicide

  syphilis

  T

  teenage boys: fathers, authority of and; seeking attention from

  television: impact of; national statistics on use of; sexual content on; violence on

  Tennyson, Alfred Lord

  U

  “Ulysses” (Tennyson)

  V

  Victoria’s Secret

  violence: dating and; on television

  Vogue

  W

  will, love and

  Copyright ® 2006 by Meg Meeker

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  Meeker, Margaret J.

  Strong fathers, strong daughters : 10 secrets every father should know / Meg Meeker.

  p. cm.

  Includes bibliographical references and index.

  eISBN : 978-1-596-98037-2

  1. Fathers and daughters. 2. Fatherhood. I. Title.

  HQ755.85.M44 2006

  306.874’2—dc22

  2006022168

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