If you are parenting a child with Avoidant / Restrictive Food Intake Disorder, you already know that nothing about feeding is simple. Sensory profiles, neurodivergence, anxiety, and history of distress all collide at the table.
ACT asks two questions that change everything: what kind of parent do you want to be in this moment, and what is the smallest values-aligned next step?
Often the next step is not a new food. It is a regulated breath, a kind tone, a refusal to argue. From there, gentle exposure becomes possible.
This is not about lowering the bar. It is about lifting the right bar — the one your child can actually reach today.