How to Help Children Understand Diabetes

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Tip 1 - Joslin Diabetes Center | Understanding Emotions of Children with Diabetes

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by Don Ranson | permalink

Living with diabetes can be emotionally challenging for children. Learn about some common feelings your child with diabetes may have & how to help them cope.
Tags: diabetes and emotio

For further reading: http://www.joslin.org/info/understanding_your_childs_feelings_about_diabetes.html ^[1]

Tip 2 - Helping Your Child or Teen Live with Type 1 Diabetes - JDRF: Improving Lives. Curing Type 1 Diabetes

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by Jim Littlejohn | permalink

Your Child Has T1D For the individual child and the whole family, type 1 diabetes changes life. As parents of children with T1D, we know that. But we also know this: Type 1 diabetes may change your family’s life, but it needn’t become your family’s life. First, we want to assure you, emphatically, that your …

For further reading: http://jdrf.org/life-with-t1d/type-1-diabetes-information/control-and-management/helping-your-child-or-teen-live-with-type-1-diabetes/ ^[2]

Tip 3 - For Parents & Kids

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by Andrea Ruiz | permalink

Diabetes is a disease that affects the whole family, especially when a child is diagnosed.

For further reading: http://www.diabetes.org/living-with-diabetes/parents-and-kids/ ^[3]

Tip 4 - Pink Panther Books

Published: 9 years, 6 month(s) ago | Submitted by Jennifer Vicary | permalink

FOR ORDERS OVER 10 BOOKS, please place your order by phone at (303) 863-1200 for discounted shipping *Price reduction due to upcoming new releases The Children’s Diabetes Foundation publishes seve...

For further reading: http://www.childrensdiabetesfoundation.org/facts-resources/cdf-publications/publications/ ^[4]