Parents

For those who have lost a loved one to an ED:
On-line support available at NEDA & Facebook

Worried about your child's relationship to food & exercise?
Check out the University of Chicago's e-PATH program

taking action

Often, as parents, we experience a tremendous amount of shame when our child develops an eating disorder. We must face and work through (or in spite of) our shame. These illnesses come with a great deal of stigma that is neither deserved nor helpful.
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we wish...

As parents, what do we wish we had known or had done for Andrea?
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insights

Andrea died before we gained many of the insights contained in this web site, a mere 13 months after the first time she made herself throw up. We are completely aware that even if we had known then what we know now, the outcome may still have been the same. Life is truly a mystery.
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(To contact Andrea's Voice, please click here)