Post by Jeanne Sager
All right, parents, it's time to talk about something no Mom or Dad really wants to face. Does your kid have an eating disorder? Are you sure? Turns out the median onset for most eating disorders is around 12 or 13 years old. Been awhile since you took a math class? Median is a number right in the middle. In other words, there are plenty of kids starting even YOUNGER than the teen years. Still positive your kid doesn't have an eating disorder? Yeah, that's what my parents thought too ... up until the day I came home from college and confessed I'd been bulimic for the past three years and they never knew. Fast forward more than a decade, and now I'm a mother who is determined not to let all the myths about eating disorders get in my way.Image may be NSFW.
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All right, parents, it's time to talk about something no Mom or Dad really wants to face. Does your kid have an eating disorder? Are you sure? Turns out the median onset for most eating disorders is around 12 or 13 years old. Been awhile since you took a math class? Median is a number right in the middle. In other words, there are plenty of kids starting even YOUNGER than the teen years. Still positive your kid doesn't have an eating disorder? Yeah, that's what my parents thought too ... up until the day I came home from college and confessed I'd been bulimic for the past three years and they never knew. Fast forward more than a decade, and now I'm a mother who is determined not to let all the myths about eating disorders get in my way.Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
