BodyKind Sports for Parents
Young athletes are navigating a world of narrow body ideals, conflicting health messages, and relentless comparison. Parents and families play a vital role in shaping how they eat, train, and feel about their bodies. That influence runs deep, in sport and in life.
Our session for parents provides the knowledge and tools to understand body image in sport, spot early warning signs, and role model positive attitudes and behaviours around training and eating. Supporting body image is critical for aspiring athletes so that body dissatisfaction and disordered eating and behaviours don’t become a barrier to their reaching their potential in sport, and in life.
“Young athletes are people first. Our job as parents is to protect their wellbeing – the performance can follow.” Parent of a high-performance athlete.
This session takes a strength-based approach and does not discuss individual case or care management.
BodyKind Sports – For Parents of Adolescent Athletes
Session length: 1.5hr (Virtual or face-face in some locations)
Group Size: 15-100 max
We’ll talk about
- Body image and its key influences in sport and life; personality, puberty, peers, and ‘athletic’ body ideals
- The continuum of poor body image, disordered eating and eating disorders
- Risk and protective factors in adolescent athletes
- Identification and approach if concerned
- Supporting positive relationships with the body, eating and training
- Role modelling and language
- Fostering BodyKind home environments for all family members.
Let’s talk
To learn more about BodyKind Sports and how we can help you meet the needs of your team, sport or organisation:
For other body image information and resources for families:
