Video interview with Nicole Cruz, RD – is part of the Expert Series in the Raising Body Confident Kids online course. Nicole Cruz, MS, RDN is a registered dietitian nutritionist, mom of three, wife, and eating disorder specialist. She has a private practice located in Southern California, devoted to helping others reclaim their joy […]
One of the most successful tools eating disorder therapists and psychologists use to help heal clients’ body image… …is to help them *see* more body diversity. Like, a lot more. It’s an easy tool that you and I can also use, in our homes, to help prevent body image issues taking hold in our […]
To understand the reasons kids sneak food, we need to understand why they eat anything at all. Ever. There are three reasons. 1. Physical satisfaction They are hungry, tired, or have the desire to eat because their body needs nutrition and they want, probably unconsciously, to satisfy that need. 2. Emotional satisfaction. Children eat because it […]
Video interview with Isabel Foxen Duke – part of the Expert Series in the Raising Body Confident Kids online course. Isabel Foxen Duke is the creator of Stop Fighting Food, a Video Training Series & Master Class for women who want to “stop feeling crazy around food.” After years of trying to overcome binge […]
The short answer is no. It’s not wrong. But it is ill-fated. It’s not surprising we might secretly want our child to lose weight, because the world is easier for those on the smaller end of the size scale. Being bigger means your child will face discrimination (bigger people get paid less, get less job opportunities, […]
Big question. Whatever our kids pursue to feel belonging and significance—will become their obsession. If they pursue beauty ideals to feel belonging and significance—they will be ruled by and obsessed with how they look. If they pursue money or “success” to feel belonging and significance—they will be ruled by and obsessed with work and the accumulation […]
Most parenting advice, when it comes to kids and food, sways heavily toward the ‘what kids should and shouldn’t eat’. They might throw in something like, it’s all about balance. Which makes it seem like *our* job to ensure that what goes in their mouth – on balance – is just the right amount of this […]
The answer? Like most things, it depends. …what else is your child eating at the time? Is fiber or protein or something else that will slow its absorption into their blood also being eaten? …is it bringing them joy? …have they been sick and lost weight and need to get their weight back up? […]
When my first child was born, I remember promising her she was going to grow up slim and fit and devoid of any of the body and food struggles I’d had. In my mind that meant she was going to be fed healthy food, I’d limit sugar and ‘junk’ and all would be well. […]
If you’re anything like me you’ll know what mealtime battles are like. If you’ve been following my work for more than a hot minute, you’ll be learning the 10 key principles of raising body confident kids and feel less concerned about getting nutrition perfect. What the 10 principles don’t address, though, are broader parenting tools that […]