BodyKind Families

Organisation / Service

Butterfly Foundation

BodyKind Families is a free initiative designed to boost parents’/carers’ confidence in promoting positive body image and responding to body image concerns in their teenage children. It supports families to be kind to their own body and to others. 

What does BodyKind Families involve?

BodyKind Families is about providing information and resources to help parents/carers connect with the teens in their lives on important topics related to body image and eating and exercise behaviours.  

It includes practical help with:

• Responding to a young person speak negatively about their body
• Building resilience to social media pressures
• Talking to your child about appearance and weight, their own and others
• Encouraging healthy relationships with eating and physical activity 
• Becoming more compassionate towards your own body
• What to do if the teen in your life is struggling

National Strategy Standards and Actions

Prevention

Standard 4: Home and family, school, work, health, online, and sports, fitness and performance environments bolster protective factors and reduce risk factors.

Action 4.1: Parents and caregivers to be supported through a range of health, social and community services and programs to build their own confidence and skills in fostering their child(ren)’s positive body esteem, media literacy and positive relationships with food and eating.