My children were young the first time my ED was ruling my life. I worried about what I was teaching them. But I also know they saw me work through recovery. My youngest who is now in college told me that when she was in middle and high school, she was a dancer and many of her friends were participating the ED behaviors. She said it was very tempting since weight was so focused on in dance. But she says it was watching what the ED did to me that kept her was trying it. All three of my girls also don't own scales because they remember me throwing our scale away and talking about how danagerous it was to our self-esteem. So while I wish I hadn't done any damage to them with my ED, I can also feel good that they got to see me recover and become a stronger woman.