Family-Based Treatment for Eating Disorders•For Parents

Parent Meal Support Guide

Detailed guidance for supporting meals and managing resistance.

Family meals are a core part of FBT. Here's how to approach them.

Your role at meals

In FBT, you take charge of your child's eating — temporarily. You decide what, when, and how much they eat. This takes the impossible burden off your child.

Meal support strategies

Plate the food yourself
Stay calm and compassionate but firm
Use distraction (conversation, games)
Separate your child from the eating disorder
Praise every bite
Expect it to be hard — and do it anyway