I dipped out before the end because I’m uncomfortable giving mine and my child’s exact date of birth (cannot see why my exact date of birth is in any way relevant - an age bracket narrowing it to, say, 3-5 years for me would be enough for research purposes to see if I am a younger or older parent etc).
I’d have been happy to give exact age and/or a school year for my child but not dob. You will have to group age data anyway. As a statistician I can tell you that you are very unlikely to get a large enough volume of replies to meaningfully break it into even a monthly basis - so why make participants be so specific?
I could see very early on it was asking questions I cannot answer, such as what weight she is. I’ve thrown away the scales - this is standard advice. Pointless me guessing. I leave the weighing to the doctor and dietician and even though I am often in the room with her, they record it without mention so as not to provide a further “challenge” or panic for DD. Parents guessing answers with no option to leave the section blank is going to skew your data. I did have a rough idea of her BMI when she was referred on, but that’s all. There are a lot of questions about how she feels but eating disorders are by their very nature secretive.
It’s a no from me I’m afraid. Many questions are phrased around knowing what your child does and feels but these things are, by their very nature, hidden from loved ones. Lies and secrecy are an integral part of an ED. I think you need to think again about some of the questions, their feasibility for a parent to answer in a meaningful way, and their impact on the answering parent. The poster says you know how difficult it is caring for a young person with an ED but I don’t feel the questions themselves and the drop down boxes show this sensitivity. Answering some of them is not a comfortable or easy experience and can be quite triggering - that can be the nature of participating in such research but I do think it needs addressing more specifically and explicitly, early on.
Sorry to be harsh and I do hope you get what you need from your research.