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<blockquote data-quote="Ashleighrose414" data-source="post: 2317748" data-attributes="member: 468985"><p>I was diagnosed at around age 6, and i struggled with what sounds similar to how your daughter feels. I didn't really understand what was going on and I continued to struggle mentally. I can't imagine how you feel as a parent, but as a T1D child my parents just being there and letting me get out my frustration and sadness at having diabetes was really helpful for me. </p><p>They tried to make it as normal as possible for me, at school there happened to be a teacher who had T1, so we would do our lunchtime bolus together and we would record them on a star chart in his class room. A really silly, simple thing, but it singled me out in a positive was rather than a negative way. </p><p>As someone above suggested, finding someone your daughter admires who is also T1 may help her understand the permanence, for me, mine was Nick Jonas (I was a HUGE jonas brother fan), and i really idolised him, even now, which really helped me see that I could be happy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ashleighrose414, post: 2317748, member: 468985"] I was diagnosed at around age 6, and i struggled with what sounds similar to how your daughter feels. I didn't really understand what was going on and I continued to struggle mentally. I can't imagine how you feel as a parent, but as a T1D child my parents just being there and letting me get out my frustration and sadness at having diabetes was really helpful for me. They tried to make it as normal as possible for me, at school there happened to be a teacher who had T1, so we would do our lunchtime bolus together and we would record them on a star chart in his class room. A really silly, simple thing, but it singled me out in a positive was rather than a negative way. As someone above suggested, finding someone your daughter admires who is also T1 may help her understand the permanence, for me, mine was Nick Jonas (I was a HUGE jonas brother fan), and i really idolised him, even now, which really helped me see that I could be happy. [/QUOTE]
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