Growing Up With Diabetes : John Wiley & Sons, Inc. : 9780471347316 : 0471347310 : 09 Dec 1998 : A chance to step into your child?s 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, you?ve done your best to help with injections, meals and snacks, and the many other elements of a diabetes management program. But through all this, you may be overlooking the importance of your child?s social and emotional development. Children want to be normal, and diabetes makes them "different." Many well?meaning parents inadvertently focus too much on their child?s diabetes, and not enough on other aspects of their child?s 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 child?s feelings. Drawing on the author?s own experiences and those of the many child