As a parent, have you found it difficult to ask your child with diabetes to wear a diabetes device or try a different diabetes regimen?
Yes, I have found it very difficult.
10%
Yes, I’ve found it somewhat difficult.
50%
I’m not sure.
0%
No, I haven’t found it difficult.
30%
Not applicable
10%
Parenting is one of the most difficult jobs people experience. You want to be kind but not too passive, supportive but not an enabler. You want to give your children the world, but not spoil them. When you add a chronic disease, that means their life will be different than most of their peers, making it challenging to enforce all the added rules. As a person with diabetes, a nurse, and a diabetes care and education specialist, I’d like to discuss what I’ve been seeing more lately with families. Continue reading.
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