Encouraging a Healthy Body Image for Your Child
Many children, from toddlers to teens, can struggle with body image to some extent. Fortunately, as a parent, you can help your child develop a good body image even from a young age. Model a Healthy Image Children learn by watching. Modeling a healthy body image is the first step in encouraging their healthy mentality. […]
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 […]
Helping Your Teen Build A Positive Body Image
As we get back into the swing of the school year, it can be easy to forget the impact summer may have had on our teens. After months away, they are going back to seeing all their school friends on a daily basis, and might be feeling especially insecure depending on what they saw and […]
Social Media and Your Teen's Body Image
Social media has changed so much in the last decade. People are reconnecting with high school friends on Facebook, keeping up with the daily activities of friends on Twitter, and sharing the story of their lives through images on Instagram. Social media has given us a lot of beauty, but it has also opened new […]
