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Getting Your Kids to Say "No" in the '90s When You Said "Yes" in the '60s
An expert in adolescent medicine discusses why it more difficult than ever to be a teenager in American society and offers advice for coping with such issues as sex, alcohol, and drug use
288 pages, Paperback
First published April 1, 1993
About the author
Victor C. Strasburger
24 booksVictor C. Strasburger is an American pediatrician, an adolescent medicine expert, Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics emeritus and the Founding Chief of the Division of Adolescent Medicine at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine. He is an international expert on the effects of media on children and adolescents and has authored many of the American Academy of Pediatrics' policy statements on children and media.
Strasburger graduated from the Baltimore City College (high school) in Baltimore, Maryland in 1967 where he was the editor of the high school's year book. He attended Yale University, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, where he studied fiction writing with Robert Penn Warren, and from Harvard Medical School. He trained at the Children's Hospital in Seattle, St. Mary's Hospital Medical School in London, and the Boston Children's Hospital.
He has also appeared on Oprah, The Today Show, CBS This Morning, has been featured several times in Newsweek, and has been heard numerous times on NPR (National Public Radio) and in local media. His op-ed columns on children and adolescents are featured in Liberal Opinion Weekly. In 2000, Dr. Strasburger was honored by the American Academy of Pediatrics with the Adele Delenbaugh Hofmann Award, for outstanding lifetime achievement in Adolescent Medicine, and was the first recipient of the Holroyd-Sherry Award, given for media Advocacy work. In 2006, he was awarded the Society for Adolescent Medicine's Visiting Professorship and lectured at the Sydney Children's Hospital in Australia. In 2010, he was a Visiting Professor at the University of Otago Medical School in Dunedin, New Zealand. In 2012, Dr. Strasburger was named a Distinguished Professor at the University of New Mexico -- the highest honor the University bestows on its faculty. He was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship in 2013. Dr. Strasburger has lectured in 47 of 50 states and on 5 continents. Dr. Strasburger's 1st novel, Rounding Third & Heading Home, was published in 1974 by St. Martin's Press when he was a senior in medical school.
Strasburger graduated from the Baltimore City College (high school) in Baltimore, Maryland in 1967 where he was the editor of the high school's year book. He attended Yale University, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, where he studied fiction writing with Robert Penn Warren, and from Harvard Medical School. He trained at the Children's Hospital in Seattle, St. Mary's Hospital Medical School in London, and the Boston Children's Hospital.
He has also appeared on Oprah, The Today Show, CBS This Morning, has been featured several times in Newsweek, and has been heard numerous times on NPR (National Public Radio) and in local media. His op-ed columns on children and adolescents are featured in Liberal Opinion Weekly. In 2000, Dr. Strasburger was honored by the American Academy of Pediatrics with the Adele Delenbaugh Hofmann Award, for outstanding lifetime achievement in Adolescent Medicine, and was the first recipient of the Holroyd-Sherry Award, given for media Advocacy work. In 2006, he was awarded the Society for Adolescent Medicine's Visiting Professorship and lectured at the Sydney Children's Hospital in Australia. In 2010, he was a Visiting Professor at the University of Otago Medical School in Dunedin, New Zealand. In 2012, Dr. Strasburger was named a Distinguished Professor at the University of New Mexico -- the highest honor the University bestows on its faculty. He was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship in 2013. Dr. Strasburger has lectured in 47 of 50 states and on 5 continents. Dr. Strasburger's 1st novel, Rounding Third & Heading Home, was published in 1974 by St. Martin's Press when he was a senior in medical school.
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