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Parenting

Piper

Back to School — and Back to Everything — for the First Time

by Audrey Brown, guest blogger, Storiesonthecoffeetable.wordpress.com

My daughter was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes just before the pandemic. Here’s how we’re figuring out how to navigate the reopening with T1D on board.

Raising Resilient D-Kids

With the right tools, each new day living with type 1 diabetes can be an opportunity for kids to grow stronger, smarter, and more resistant to the mental health risks a chronic medical condition can bring.

Evan, Kim, and Kaitlyn

Three Ways to Share Diabetes Care With a Partner

So you don’t both feel like you’re doing everything.

How to Talk to the Naysayers

Most people who ask unwelcome questions or tell scary stories about their great aunt who had diabetes aren’t doing it to be hurtful. But when kids can hear, it helps to have a plan for how you (and they) can respond.

Coral and her father

Why It’s So Hard to Share Type 1 Diabetes Care

by Shelsea Deng, guest blogger, Typeonediabetic-life.com

Co-managing blood sugar isn’t easy — but it’s worth it.

Tate and Trace

The Case for Letting Your Other Kids Help

by Taria Butler, guest blogger, 2amparenting.com

Type 1 diabetes is a group project — siblings included.

Saira and her daughter

I Know What Her Numbers Mean — and How They Feel

Many parents wish they could be the one with type 1 diabetes instead of their child. Knowing what it’s like on both sides, says Saira Gallo, has laid bare one of the fundamental truths of parenting.

Not Letting the What-Ifs Win

by Taria Butler, guest blogger, TraceBrave Foundation

With type 1 diabetes, you CAN be over-prepared and still go with the flow — in fact, it’s a must.

When You’re the Only Kid Still in Quarantine

When You’re the Only Kid Still in Quarantine

You never want to let diabetes hold your child back. But an underlying medical condition makes every social-distancing decision more difficult. So what do you do when local coronavirus cases aren’t letting up, but every other family is back to letting their kids play together?

What if I Mess It Up?

by Stacey Simms, host of Diabetes Connections podcast

Limiting what your child can do is not the way to avoid mistakes — it’s a way to avoid a full and fulfilling life.

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