Your Teen, Clothes Shopping, and Body Image
As your child becomes a teenager, they go through many physical changes as part of puberty. This time of growth and change can be very uncomfortable for many teenagers, making them extremely self-conscious about their bodies and clothes. Shopping for new clothes can help them be more comfortable, but it can also be hard to […]
Helping Your Son’s Body Image
It is not particularly hard to find information on helping daughters with body image, but what about sons? It is easy to fall for the stereotype that eating disorders are a women’s issue, but one-third of people with eating disorders are male! In addition, men make up about half of the people who have disordered […]
Children and negative body image – problem of modern living
Over the last few decades, an unhealthy and excessive preoccupation with body image among teens has become serious issue. 10 year olds refusing food because they want to diet, viewing their peers only in terms of physical appearance, frequently commenting on other people’s weight, falling into depression because they don’t look the way they want to – these […]
