Helping Your Kids with Their Nutrition without Harming Them (March 2011)

I have been working with many kids, adolescence and teenagers with eating disorders or disordered eating which often times is a result of what our parents, media, or the medical community will say about food.

My practice has been growing helping parents learn the proper phrasing to support their kids food choices and behaviors without passing judgment and allowing their bodies to grow the way that it should for them.

By restricting any food or passing judgment to your child this will guarantee that they will develop some type of eating disorder or disordered eating.

The parent is responsible for putting the food on the table or as my colleague and eating specialist Ellyn Satter, MS, RD phrases beautifully “The parent is responsible for what, when and where; the child for how much and whether.

This is very important to follow with stepping back and watching your kids with providing support, structure and opportunities.