What shouldn't I do if I suspect my daughter or son is anorexic?

What shouldn't I do if I suspect my daughter or son is anorexic?

Try to force them to eat ... wrong thing to do! If you want the anorexia to get bigger and uglier and more intense, force feeding them. What you shouldn't do is be in their face about the eating disorder, like really confront them ... "I think you have anorexia! You are lying! What are you doing in your room!" As soon as you become more controlling and more over-powering, the anorexia gets more intense, so your goal needs to be to come from a real compassionate place where you can say, "Hey hon! You know, I'm noticing that no matter how much exercise you do, it just doesn't seem like it's enough, and can you tell me what might be going on for you to where you're feeling that you need to be exercising so much."