Over her 32 years as a pediatrician, Meg Meeker has seen thousands of kids in her practice. She has watched a whole generation of kids grow up, and now they are bringing their own kids in. But boy, have things changed from just 10 years ago.
She gets comments and questions from parents like, “My fourth-grader is on a diet, and I don’t know what to tell her,” “When should I get my kids a cellphone?”, and “How much time on social media is OK?” And when she asks teen girls about their two biggest concerns, they say, without hesitation, “being thin enough” and “looking sexy.”
