So happy 12 yo dd is in school but one concern. She has stopped eating lunch and is coming home strung out and angry. Huge difference from days I know she has eaten. she sits with a nice girl who is going through things at home and I can see the friend literally wasting away. i don’t think having dd move to another table is going to work and she is also very defensive about the situation. Dd is also quite impressionable. She is eating fine at home thank goodness but it is early in the year And I am concerned about bad habits being formed. Would appreciate any thoughts on how to better address this with dd. Dd is an athlete and I am trying hard to talk about the need for food to fuel performance etc. that works pretty well at home but at school she seems to drift.
Get her to help her friend. Tell her to be a good role model. Eat. Not to fix sadness, but to have the strength to keep going.
Ty so much!, I had notconsidered this angle and think it could actually work. Will talk with dd tomorrow,
Watch Her carefully. My 12 year old (7th grade) stopped eating/began controlling her food. Her ped said that she has seen 5 times as many anorexia cases during the pandemic in tweens.