About the Authors

Catherine (Cathy) Musco Garcia-Prats is a wife and mother, a former first grade teacher, an author, and motivational speaker. She received her Bachelor of Science degree from Loyola University New Orleans. Cathy and her husband Joseph A. Garcia-Prats, M.D., a practicing neonatologist at Baylor College of Medicine and Professor in the departments of Pediatrics and Ethics, have been married 35 years and are the proud parents of ten sons ranging in age from 33 to 15—from a pediatrician to a freshman in high school.

Cathy authored Good Sons Don’t Just Happen: Insights on Raising Boys from the Mother of 10 Sons. She co-authored with her husband Joseph the bestseller Good Families Don’t Just Happen and Good Marriages Don’t Just Happen. They lecture nationally and internationally, individually and as a couple, on parenting, family, marriage, and relationships.

Joseph A. Garcia-Prats, M.D. is a Professor and practicing neonatologist at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston and holds joint appointments in the Department of Pediatrics and Center for Ethics, Medicine and Public Issues. He is originally from El Paso, Texas where he went to Jesuit High School after which he obtained his undergraduate degree at Loyola University New Orleans. He received his medical degree at Tulane Medical School and did his pediatric training and fellowship in neonatology at Baylor College of Medicine. He is the Medical Director of the Arnold J. Rudolph Memorial Newborn ICU, Ben Taub General Hospital and the Deputy Medical Director of Nurseries, Ben Taub General Hospital. Joseph was the 2007 recipient of the Arnold J. Rudolph Lifetime Teaching Award at Baylor College of Medicine. Joseph and his wife, Cathy, have been married 45 years and are the proud parents of ten sons ranging in age from 43 to 25—from a pediatrician to a freshman in high school.