Carey Community Forum - Body Confident Children & Teens

Are you looking for some practical advice on how to support your child’s body confidence?

It can be hard to know how to respond when a child speaks negatively about themselves, particularly when so many adults struggle with their own body image.

Join the experts from the Butterfly Foundation for a free, relaxed and informative 75mins seminar for parents/carers on practical strategies for supporting positive body image in children and teens. Topics include: the power of positive role modelling; reducing appearance talk, healthy behaviours in relation to eating and exercise, early intervention and referral advice.

This is an informative seminar for parents/carers of primary and secondary age children providing practical information and tips on how to support positive body image in the home.

In this session we focus on why positive body image, non-dieting approaches and healthy relationships with food and exercise are strong protective factors in the development of eating disorders. Whilst the session does aim to increase understanding of eating disorders and the importance of early intervention, the focus is on prevention and fostering positive body image through childhood and adolescence.

We talk about the power of positive role modelling and how to respond when a child expresses negativity towards themselves or others, including when they are above their healthy weight.

Pre-event Information

• Microphones are to be kept on mute and participants use the chat function if they have a question.
• By way of a reminder this session is designed for an adult audience and we kindly ask that children do not participate.
• Pre-event handout link Please download this document and have on hand for the session either downloaded or on-line - https://butterfly.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Handout-Body-Confident-Children-and-Teens-Mar-23.pdf

This event is held online via Zoom. The joining link for the presentation is – https://butterfly-org-au.zoom.us/j/82594907609
Meeting ID 825 9490 7609

Butterfly specialist counsellors are available 8am – Midnight (AEST), 7 days a week should you have any concerns about eating disorders or body image issues, whether for yourself or someone you care about - https://butterfly.org.au/get-support/helpline/

For further information and free resources, families with teenagers can access Butterfly’s Body Kind Families - https://butterfly.org.au/get-involved/campaigns/bodykindfamilies/ (registration required). For families with younger children, information is available as part of Butterfly’s Body Bright Primary Program - https://www.butterflybodybright.org.au/resources