February 23- March 1st is national eating disorders awareness week. While I am glad that we have a whole week devoted to increasing awareness about this topic, I am saddened that so many are affected, thus dedicating an entire week to it. Let's look at why it's worth devoting time to, especially for you parents.

Office of Residence Life

As parents we have watched our children go through the expected and sometimes unexpected challenges of moving through childhood to adolescence and now adulthood. I have had the unique perspective of being a licensed clinical psychologist at a University Counseling Center for over twenty-five years while raising my son who is now 19 and a sophomore in college.  Holding these roles simultaneously provided ample opportunities for the two roles to inform each other.  Here are some of the observations I've made and highlights from the research I've used to understand these observations.