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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Please get a good family therapist, OP. The issues are bigger than your child’s weight.[/quote]

Agree with this.  Food in the bedroom isn’t the solution nor something I would do.  Why is he in his room so much? Yes I do have a 13 yr old as well.  I would explore why he isn’t eating, why all time is in bedroom.  If he isn’t able to eat normal portions or normal foods I would explore what the medical/mental problem is.  Is he depressed? Anxiety? Dislikes being around family? Crohn’s disease? [/quote]

Do you have an underweight teen whose parents and grandparents were also underweight as young teens, despite eating and enjoying plenty of food?  If not, you really do not know what you are talking about.  I never said he wasn't eating; in fact I described some of his eating upthread, which his pediatric endocrinologist at a major children's hospital thinks sounds very reasonable.  If he wasn't eating we'd be dealing with a different set of challenges, though I hope I'd be a lot more compassionate, and a lot less presumptuous, towards someone facing that than you are.  [/quote]

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