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Forget the food rules. Your family needs something deeper. In this video, Dr. Wendy Schofer — pediatrician and founder of Family in Focus® — shares a powerful alternative to diet culture, food policing, and emotional disconnection at home. If you're tired of fighting over food, worrying about your child's eating…

Learn the 3 overlooked steps that you can start taking today to address concerns about eating in your home. These steps are always helpful, and the earlier we start, the more we can shift from preventing crises to truly building what we want to see. (Think about prevention of building…

Check out the article from the Atlantic faded June 5, 2025 called "MAHA has a pizza problem" by @SportCardStories Nicholas Florko. It's a fascinating deep dive into the walls of trying to address American children's eating habits and make them healthy again. Well we can talk all day long about…

We can break the cycle for our families: the cycle of hating our bodies, thinking if we just lost 10 or 20 pounds everything would be better thinking that if we changed our looks we would belong. Those are just lies that have been passed on and on for generations.…

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So when folks make some kind of "but it's for your own good" statements about other's bodies, that's weight stigma. And it's NOT for their own good. Stigma = shame = unhealthy and not health-promoting. Shame, loneliness and disconnection are huge factors in our national rates of dis-ease (aka unhealthiness).…

We are all struggling with weight, each and every one of us. The focus of our struggle may be our own weight, our loved ones, and professionally the struggle may be for our patients, students and colleagues. Today's episode is an abbreviated version of a chat I did for the…

We are all emotional eaters. Truth. Let's talk about it to open awareness, understanding. And perhaps some alternatives for when we are in those moments when we just need a break. Www.Wendyschofermd.Com for more info about Family in Focus with Wendy Schofer, MD.

A little gift for parents to take a moment for themselves, to experience the breath, the calming and relaxation afforded by the exhale. When you're ready for more, subscribe to the Family in Focus® newsletter, "the exhale", where parents receive the support they need to raise a healthy family with…

Whose job is it to have "the weight talk" with your kid? The doctor? You? Hear me out: you're not helping them by sharing the cruelty of the world judging bodies. And you're not helping by suggesting that if they just lost weight it would all be better. That's a…

So how do you create change for your family's eating habits without all the food fights, emotional meltdowns, friction, stigma, shame, weight talk, diets, and fear of eating disorders? Welcome to modern parenting. And, it doesn't have to be this hard. Family in Focus is the pediatrician approved movement of…

3 things to do: 1) Listen. Listen to their concerns. 2) Get curious about their perspectives and emotions. 3) be present (oftentimes most powerful when you're silent!) Pediatrician-approved (and founded), Family in Focus helps parents just like you be the change to transform family relationships with food, self and -…

You don't talk to kids about their weight. That is a recipe for disaster (namely, shame and disconnection). What works? Be open to their experiences, their questions, concerns, and most importantly, what they are feeling. Emotions are the place relationships with food, body and FAMILY are created, grown and sustained.…

Are you a parent worried about your child’s body image or self-worth? You're not alone. In this episode, Dr. Wendy Schofer, pediatrician and founder of Family in Focus, shares 3 powerful tools every parent can use to raise body-confident kids—without diets, shame, or pressure. Through a moving real-life story, you’ll…

Are you a parent worried about your child’s body image or self-worth? You're not alone. In this episode, Dr. Wendy Schofer, pediatrician and founder of Family in Focus, shares 3 powerful tools every parent can use to raise body-confident kids—without diets, shame, or pressure. Through a moving real-life story, you’ll…