6th March 2025
“What’s one thing parents can do when their teen is struggling with their relationship to their body?”.
Anastassis highlights an intriguing observation: while parents typically find it easy to talk about bodies during infancy, they often feel awkward discussing these matters during adolescence—a critical period when emotional distress can become ‘embodied’. He points out that although we’ve made strides in acknowledging and discussing teenagers’ emotional experiences, as a society, we still struggle to address bodily changes during later childhood.