This is Ask Lisa, a podcast to help people understand the psychology of parenting, now in the midst of a pandemic.

Psychologist Dr. Lisa DeMore, author of two New York Times bestselling parenting books, takes your questions.

And I'm co-host, Rina Ninan, a journalist and mom of two.

Some of what we talk about comes from raising children ourselves. Most of the time, I'll be getting

answers to your parenting questions. So send your questions to ask Lisa at dr.lisademore.com.

Episode 11, when is it time to worry about an eating disorder?

I know we spend so much time on this podcast talking about food, one of our favorite topics.

But, you know, it got me thinking, I know eating disorders are actually a specialty of yours,

which is remarkable. You are so knowledgeable about it. I love, you know, food has given us a great

deal of comfort. We've done a podcast on food. When is it time to worry that you might have an

eating disorder? Oof. I'm glad we're talking about this.

I think it's something we want to be watching really closely right now.

I think for a lot of people, adults and kids,

their relationship with food feels a little wonky right now.

We got a letter from a mom,

and she talks about this with her daughter that she's

concerned about. She says, hello, Dr. Lisa. My 17-year-old daughter has been under some stress lately,

which I thought was mainly due to lockdown and being a senior in high school and having to make

so many life-changing decisions. But it turns out that she's been stressing over her body image. She's a tall,

pretty, and very well-proportioned girl with a healthy weight. But she hates everything about her

body and thinks she looks like a boy. She admitted that social media has ingrained in her certain

standards of beauty that she's finding very hard to get over help.

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