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Growing Up with Diabetes : What Children Want Their Parents to Know (Juvenile Diabetes Foundation Library)
Growing Up with Diabetes What Children Want Their Parents to Know - Juvenile Diabetes Foundation Library Author:Alicia McAuliffe A chance to step into your childs shoes. When your child was diagnosed with diabetes your first priority was probably to learn everything you could about diabetes and how to manage it. Whether your child is a youngster or a teenager, youve done your best to help with injections, meals and snacks, and the many other elements of a diab... more »etes management program. But through all this, you may be overlooking the importance of your childs social and emotional development. Children want to be normal, and diabetes makes them "different." Many well-meaning parents inadvertently focus too much on their childs diabetes, and not enough on other aspects of their childs life. This unique book, written by a young woman who was diagnosed with diabetes at age 11, gives you the opportunity to understand and relate to your childs feelings. Drawing on the authors own experiences and those of the many children and young adults shes counseled, this sensitive guide explains:
How children feel when theyre diagnosed
Why diabetes is a bigger adjustment for you than for your child
How to encourage a healthy approach to diabetes
The importance of diabetes education
How to make your childs life as normal as possible
Dealing with outside forces (school, day care, relatives, etc.)
Eliminating the power struggle for independence in adolescence
Books to Fund A Cure A portion of this books proceeds will go to the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation International, a not-for-profit voluntary health agency, whose primary objective is to support and fund research to find the cause, cure, treatment, and prevention of diabetes and its complications. Juvenile Diabetes Foundation Library Health« less