Weight management is about controlling, restricting, managing (it's in the word!). It does nothing to understand WHY our kids are turning to food in the first place. Stress, anxiety, fear, overwhelm, coping with uncertainty - which we adults know a whole lot about too!
How does it just make sense that they (and we) turn to food, Roblox, scrolling, substance, you know "wine-o'clock."
We have to understand the stress and address that. Otherwise controlling weight leads to more stress and backfiring (yo-yo diets, anyone?)
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