If you have ever caught yourself saying something about food or your child's body that sounded just like something you heard growing up, this episode is for you.

When you're worried about your child's eating habits or weight, it's easy to believe the answer is more control, better nutrition advice, or the perfect plan. But many of the messages we carry about food, bodies, and health were never intentionally taught. They were absorbed through culture, family, and years of lived experience.

In this episode of Family in Focus, I explore how diet culture quietly shapes the way we parent and why lasting change begins by noticing the voices we've inherited before we unintentionally pass them on to our children.

In this episode:

• Why many food and body messages are learned without us realizing it

• How diet culture disguises itself as "help without harm"

• Why your child learns more from what you model than what you say

• How slowing down and getting curious can create meaningful change

• A simple experiment to help you begin breaking the cycle

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