A Child's Battle With Anorexia

We typically think of adolescence as the time of life when eating disorders have the potential to begin. But, as revealed in a moving essay published on Salon, nowadays it's not unheard of for kids as young as seven to develop dangerous, disordered eating behavior.The piece, "My Anorexic 9-Year-Old," is one mother's story of discovering that her young daughter was starving herself, and how they worked together to overcome it. The author grapples with her own guilt, though she acknowledges that s...