A gentle story + skills workbook for kids whose brains made up rules about food and need help breaking them.
Some kids develop rules about food that start to feel very important. “Good” foods. “Bad” foods. Foods they should avoid. Foods they should feel guilty about. Over time, those rules can make eating feel stressful, scary, or less joyful.
The Food Rules Rebel helps kids gently explore food rules in a compassionate, non-shaming way. Through Sam’s story, kids learn where food rules can come from, how worry can make those rules feel powerful, and how to practice more flexible, balanced thinking around food.
This workbook blends storytelling, CBT-informed skill-building, intuitive eating principles, food flexibility practice, and gentle reflection for kids and the grown-ups who support them.
WHAT’S INSIDE
A gentle workbook for food rules, flexibility, and compassionate eating. This download includes a story, skill-building activities, and printable practice pages to help kids notice food rules, question them, and practice more flexible thinking around eating.
This workbook walks kids through Sam’s story while helping them understand how food rules form, how worry makes them stronger, and how small flexibility experiments can help food feel safer and less stressful.
Kid-Friendly Story
Follow Sam as he notices the Food Rule Book and learns that not every food rule needs to run the show.
Food Rules Psychoeducation
Simple language to help kids understand how food rules form and why they can feel so powerful.
Flexible Thinking Practice
Activities that help kids gently question rigid food thoughts.
Food Flexibility Experiments
Small, supportive exercises for practicing flexibility without shame or pressure.
Printable Worksheets
Practice pages kids can use with a parent, caregiver, counselor, therapist, or supportive grown-up.
This workbook is for:
Kids whose brains have made up rules about food
Kids who feel guilt, fear, or stress around eating
Kids who need support practicing food flexibility
Parents and caregivers who want gentle language around food and body image
Counselors and therapists looking for kid-friendly CBT-informed food flexibility tools
This workbook is a psychoeducational resource and is not a substitute for mental health treatment. If you or your child is struggling with food, eating, body image, restriction, bingeing, purging, weight loss, or medical concerns, please reach out to a licensed medical or mental health professional who specializes in eating concerns.