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If you have ever worried about how diet culture is shaping your child’s thoughts about food, this episode is for you. Sehrish Ali helps us understand how helping kids build a healthy relationship with food feels harder than ever when diet culture is everywhere, and child eating habits are constantly judged.
In this episode, I sit down with Sehrish Ali, a psychologist and certified eating disorder specialist, to talk about how parents can protect a healthy relationship with food while raising kids in a world dominated by diet culture. Sehrish works closely with families and brings practical, compassionate insight into child eating habits, body image, and the subtle ways parents unintentionally pass down food rules. This conversation is full of real-world parenting resources you can start using immediately.
In this episode, we cover:
- How diet culture shows up in everyday parenting and quietly influences child eating habits in ways parents often miss
- What a healthy relationship with food actually looks like for kids and why perfection is not the goal
- The language parents should stop using around food and bodies to support healthier child eating habits
- How to model a healthy relationship with food, even if you are still unpacking your own experiences with diet culture
- Practical parenting resources that help parents prioritize connection over control around meals
If you are looking for evidence-based parenting resources, want to reduce the impact of diet culture, and hope to support long-term child eating habits that feel calm and sustainable, this episode will give you clarity and confidence. Listen to the full episode with Sehrish Ali to learn how to support a healthy relationship with food for your child and for yourself.
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