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Information For Parents

Parenting Diabetic Children

• Facing The Challenges and Avoiding the "Parent Traps" of Teen Diabetes
• Diabetes Means Always Having To Say You're Sorry
• Children With Diabetes Can Enjoy Halloween's Sugary Treats
• Diabetes Responsibilities of Children at Different Ages
• What is Type 1 Diabetes?
• Blood Glucose Level Corrections
• Don't Diabetes. LIVabetes!
• Child Care Checklist
• "Grand" Parenting
• More "Grand" Parenting
• Five Tips to Help You Deal With Diabetes in Teenagers
• Traveling With Diabetes
• Living With Diabetes
• Preparing Your Child and Family for Life With Diabetes
• Friends and Family
• Why Does My Child Have Diabetes?
• Teenage Driving and Diabetes

Emotional Support

• Time To Connect With Your Teen
• What Is A Family And Are We One?
• Answer The Whys
• The Balanced Activity Diet
• Empathy It's a Good Thing
• My Child Has Diabetes
• A Parent's Struggle
• Helping Your Child Cope With A Long-Term Illness
• The Grief of A Diabetes Diagnosis
• Biblical EQ
• Special Challenges Of The Teen Years
• Feelings And Diabetes
• Depression and Your Diabetic Child
• Raising Happy Diabetic Kids (Part 1)
• Raising Happy Diabetic Kids (Part 2)
• Raising Happy Diabetic Kids (Part 3)
• Diabetic Children May Feel Different

General Parenting

• Child Care Centers - Top 10 Questions to Select the Best Center For Your Child
• Hey Big Spender: 7 Signs Your Teen Needs A Money Education
• Overweight Kids: The Ball is in Your Court
• Keeping Children Safe on the Internet
• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Parents
• The 9 Golden Keys to Communication
• Is There a Family in That House?
• Mom vs Dad - Navigating Parent's Differences With All Good Intentions
• Setting Limitations For Your Children This Summer
• Your Family Values - Are You Walking the Walk?
• Consistency
• Your Grounded For the Rest of Your Life (Humor)
• You Might Never Guess
• It Takes a Special Idiot
• "Daddy, I Can't Sleep"
• Five Reasons to Stop Saying "Good Job"
• The Seven Stages Of Parenthood
• Should We Compromise With Our Children?
• A “Good Enough” Parent?
• There's a Lollipop on Your Bottom (and Other Terms of Endearment) (Humor)
• Back to School Success
• 5 Tips For Talking To Your Children About What They See In The News
• Secrets from the Classroom: Avoiding Summer Learning Loss
• Once Upon a Time
• Adoption, The Dave Thomas Story
• Developing Independence In Our Children
• The Better Behavior Wheel (Product Review)
• What Are Your Children Really Watching?
• Timing Is Everything - (Humor)
• Mommy, I Can't Sleep! : Sleep Disturbance in Children
• How Much Time Do You Have?
• Winning The Whining War
• Committed Parenting
• For Fathers, Five Needs of Daughters
• Parental Prerequisites
• Poems For Dads
• Days of Whine (and somebody bring me ) Roses - Humor
• The Secret to Understanding Children
• Saying No To Our Children
• Give Your Child the Gift of Self-Esteem
• E-book on Bullying
• Be Smart With Your Children's Feelings
• Words of Wisdom for Single Parents
• Walking with Samantha
• Should We Apologize To Our Children?
• The Perfect Parent (Humor)
• Putting Your Child To Bed
• Spending Time With Your Children
• How Parents Really Raise Children
• What Do Chinese Water Torture and Arguing with Children Have in Common?
• Without Caffeine, Parenting Would Be Impossible (Humor)
• Tools For Parenting (Part 1) - Anger Management For Families
• Tools For Parenting (Part 2)
• Help Your Child Become an Entrepreneur
• Creating a Dream Room
• Children and Pessimism
• Allowances
• Teaching Your Child To Clean

Medical Considerations

• The Honeymoon Period
• About Insulin Pumps
• Ketoacidosis
• Diabetes Care
• Insulin
• Hypoglycemia
• What to Do When Your Child Gets Sick
• Depression - getting help
• Humulin or Lantus
• 5 Things You Should Know About Insulin Pumps

Legal Concerns

• Your School and Your Rights
• Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
  • 504 Form
• Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
• Helping the Student with Diabetes Succeed (A Guide for School Personnel) - in PDF format
• Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
• Disability Rights

Information for School Personnel

• General Information
• Information for Teachers and Day Care Providers
• Actions for School Personnel
• Actions for Physical Education Teachers and Coaches
• Handling the Child with Diabetes
• Acute Diabetic Emergencies
• Health Care Plan Checklist
• Feelings Associated with Diabetes

Information For Kids

• Where There's a Will – A story of inspiration
• As A Diabetic Child It Helps To Share Your Feelings
• Why Do I Have Diabetes?
• Beyond the Words, A Child's Voice
• A word from Kari (by Kari Turner, age 10)