Parent Teen Night: Physical Health

This page will include topics like intentional eating, exercise, brain health, and body image. I am also going to include things about organization, cleaning, taking care of the space around our bodies, and careers.

Intentional Eating Conversation Prep Packet

This 17 page packet is designed to help you and your teen have better, deeper conversations about food. It includes some questions/talking points, an intuitive eating quiz, activities you can do together, tips for talking with teens, a hunger/fullness scale, and more!

Physical Needs Checklist PDF

This is a great assessment to print out and take with your teen. What areas are you doing well in and which ones need work?

23 Body Facts PDF

A fun activity would be to print this out and look at it together, then have both of you google other cool facts about the body. You could also get a book from the library ahead of time to look at.

Maslow’s Hierarchy PDF

This handout discusses Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs. Taking care of our physical needs is first. Discuss with your teen why this is the case.

Short YouTube Video

This video zooms out into the universe and then into the human body. It shows how absolutely amazing our bodies are!

Insight Into the Teenage Brain

This Ted Talk by Adriana Galván is a great introduction to the teenage brain.

Mars Brain, Venus Brain

In this 25-minute Ted Talk, bestselling author John Gray talks about biological differences in the male and female brain.

The Fear of Fat

In this 13-minute video Kelli Jean Drinkwater talks openly about the complex relationship we all have with body size and body shaming.

12 Healthy Habits and Tips

This short ten-minute video talks about twelve things we can do to be healthier. After watching, discuss with your teen and pick one you are going to work on this upcoming week.

The Container Concept

In this video, Dana K. White talks about the container concept and how it can help us stay organized.