Even the most severely involved cases are being sent home from hospitals after 6 -12 days to recover alongside of parents and family. Parents may need to become symptom managers in some cases, much as nurses would be in an inpatient setting. Don't be taken in by the myths and misconceptions surrounding these diseases. Parents are the cause of their child's eating disorder. Eating disorders are incurable.
Anorexics are always thin and easy to spot.
Parental involvement in a child's food or recovery amounts to unwelcome and harmful interference. A problem cannot be resolved until it can be clearly defined and understood. You and your child share a common goal - that he or she grow up to become a healthfully functioning and gratified adult. Abigail H. Natenshon, MA LCSW has been a psychotherapist in private practice specializing in the treatment of eating disordered individuals and their families for the past 28 years.