Navigating Body Image in the Digital Age: How to Support Your Child with Healthy Habits to Prevent Negative Body Image and Disordered Eating
Presented by: Erika Bent, LMFT, LPCC, CEDS-S

Parenting in the digital age is a foreign landscape with many unexpected twists and turns. New research has illuminated eating disorders as a global health crisis, with negative body image, dieting, and the impacts of social media as serious risk factors. This presentation will offer education and practical advice on how to help your teen build healthy habits with social media, as well as build a positive relationship with their bodies and mind. The presenter will discuss the correlation between social media and body image and offer parents tips on how to support safe social media practices. Parents will also learn tools to promote healthy body image in a world obsessed with appearance and prevention strategies for disordered eating in teens.

RSVP will end Thursday March 20, 2025 at 12:00pm.