A Parent's Guide to Helping Adolescents with Eating Disorders
This course is designed to help parents better understand the emotional and psychological world of adolescents struggling with eating disorders. Whether your teen is battling anorexia, bulimia, or binge eating, this course offers insight into the thoughts, fears, and coping mechanisms that drive these behaviors. You will gain compassionate tools for responding to your child’s needs, setting healthy boundaries, and becoming a stabilizing part of their recovery journey. You’ll learn how identity, perfectionism, shame, social media, and peer pressure uniquely affect adolescents—and how these forces can lead to unhealthy relationships with food and body image. Through guided reflections, communication tools, and practical strategies, this course empowers you to create a safe, nurturing environment for your teen’s healing process—while also learning how to support your own well-being along the way.
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What you'll learn
Course Content
Section 1: Welcome to the Course
Welcome to the Course
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Common Emotional Responses of Parents
1 item
Why You as a Parent Do Not Have to Be Perfect
1 item
The Main Goals of This Course
2 items
Section 2: Understanding Eating Disorders
How Eating Disorders Function Beyond Food
2 items
You Can't Identify an Eating Disorder by Appearance Alone
1 item
Myths about Eating Disorders
2 items
Section 3: Signs of Eating Disorders
The Behavioral and Physical Signs
2 items
What Should You as a Parent Do
3 items
Section 4: Parent Emotions
Guilt and Fear
2 items
Powerlessness
2 items
Section 5: Generation to Generation
Generational Messages and Parenting Patterns
6 items
Section 6: Making Your Child Feel Safe
Emotional Safety and Boundaries
3 items
Section 7: What You Can Do
The Parents' Role in Recovery
3 items
Section 8: How to Communication
Communication Tools
2 items
Section 9: Establishing Trust
Navigating Control and Trust
3 items
Section 10: Moving Forward
Family Meetings
6 items
Self Care
5 items
About the Instructor
Shades of Hope
Expert instructor with a passion for teaching and helping students succeed.