While a parents attitude to food cannot cause an eating disorder, a good relationship with food and your body can help a child who is healing from an eating disorder. Demonstrating that no food should be feared and that all nutrients, fat, carbohydrates and protein are important for a body to thrive is a beneficial message for any family to adopt.What Eating Disorders Diagnoses Are Commonly Seen in Young Children (Defined by DSM-5)? Avoidant/ Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID): Lack of interest in food, limited diet due to sensory issues, or... Eating Disorder Not Elsewhere Classified.Parents are often quick to blame themselves when a child develops an eating disorder like anorexia, bulimia, or binge-eating disorder. But the causes of eating disorders are very complicated, typically including genetic, psychological, environmental, and sociocultural factors.