By the time your teen is an adult, they should be happy with how they look. There are significant influences on whether this happens are not. One is how comfortable their parents are with how they look, and two is how much your teen compares themselves to people outside the home. Teens are going flip [...]
August 1, 2010 is Be Body Positive Day. It’s the first of annual celebrations of the human body, your body. The founders hope to create an opportunity for people to take the day to do something amazing with their bodies like exercise, cooking healthy food or dancing. The goal is to honor your body in [...]
Parents do it, aunties do it, friends do it and your teen is going to do it. Your teen is going to take their index finger and thumb open like a clamp, put them to the skin located at their waistline and squeeeeeze. All in all this isn’t a problem, but when you see your [...]
Preparing for a game is simple once you know what to do. That’s what your coach is for. Preparing for college is also moderately easy to do because others have gone before your teen and there are plenty of resources to let you know what you might expect, but try preparing for fame. Who does [...]
The holidays, a time of over indulgence and over eating. There are treats at work, treats at home, holiday parties with more treats and finally Thanksgiving dinner with, more treats. Sure this is an exercise in self-control for the average person, but for the anorexic or bulimic this time can trigger an exceptional kind of [...]
Why are you eating that? Should you be eating that? Why don’t you come with me to the gym? Your teen get’s it, you think they’re fat. Is there another way to say this that isn’t quite as hurtful? You think your trying to help, but your teen thinks you’re just an a**hole for [...]
Parents often mistake an eating disorder for being a problem about food. “My son thinks he’s fat! He only eats sweets and carbs.” It is a problem with the way teens eat food, but the reason they eat that way has more to do with how their brain now defines food as bad for them. [...]
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