Raising a Child with Diabetes
Help your child live well with diabetes, from daily care at home to school plans, sports, teens and feelings.
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Help your child live well with diabetes, from daily care at home to school plans, sports, teens and feelings.
Learning that your child has diabetes can turn family life upside down for a while. This course helps you through the first weeks, explaining diabetes to your child and building daily care at home.
It also covers school plans, sports and camps, the teen years and your child's feelings, so your child can grow up living well.
What you will learn
Medically reviewed by
Dr. Rezwana Parvin Rumpa is an obstetrics and gynaecology specialist with clinical focus on gestational diabetes, PCOS, and fertility. She holds the MRCOG (Final Part) from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in London, the MRCPI (Final Part) from the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, and an MBBS from Shaheed Monsur Ali Medical College under Dhaka University. Dr. Rumpa serves as a Senior Medical Officer in the Obs and Gynae department at BRB Hospitals Ltd, where she has spent three years managing prenatal care, emergency obstetric cases, and women's-health surgery. On Diabic, she medically reviews content for women living with diabetes, with particular attention to pregnancy, PCOS, and reproductive-health intersections.
For learning only. Talk to your doctor before changing medicine or habits.
Chapter 1: When Your Child Is Diagnosed
Chapter 2: Explaining Diabetes to Your Child
Chapter 3: Daily Care at Home
- Mayo ClinicHypoglycemia - Symptoms and causes (opens in a new tab)
- NIDDKLow Blood Glucose (Hypoglycemia) (opens in a new tab)
- American Diabetes AssociationStandards of Care 2025, Diabetes Care, Standards of Care supplement 2025 (opens in a new tab)
- American Red CrossFirst Aid, Learn How to Perform First Aid (opens in a new tab)
- FDADrugs@FDA: FDA-Approved Drugs (opens in a new tab)
Chapter 5: Sports and Camps
Chapter 6: The Teen Years
- National Library of MedicinePubMed article 11874175 (opens in a new tab)
- American Psychological AssociationAmerican Psychological Association: Children (opens in a new tab)
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and AlcoholismAlcohol's Effects on the Body, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) (opens in a new tab)
- American Diabetes AssociationAmerican Diabetes Association: Mental health (opens in a new tab)
- NIDDKHealthy Living with Diabetes (opens in a new tab)
- CDCAlcohol Use (opens in a new tab)
Chapter 7: Your Child's Feelings
Further reading on Diabic
- Children with Type 1 Diabetes: A Parent's Guide
- Coping with a Diabetes Diagnosis: the First 90 Days
- Type 1 Diabetes Diagnosis: Tests and Next Steps
- Glycohemoglobin A1C Test Results Explained
- Time in Range for Diabetes: Why It Matters
- How to Create a School Management Plan for Diabetes
- Explaining Diabetes to Kids at Every Age
- What Is Type 1 Diabetes? A Clear Explanation
- Diabetes in Teenagers: How to Support Them
- Hypoglycemia Emergency Treatment: Act Fast to Stay Safe
- Low Blood Sugar Symptoms That Hit Without Warning
- Glucose Tablets for Hypoglycemia: When and How to Use Them
- The Sleep and Blood Sugar Connection Explained
- Your Diabetes Emergency Plan Checklist for Home and Work
- Diabetes Wearable Devices for Children: A Parent's Guide
- Sports and Diabetes for Kids: a Safety Guide
- How to Exercise Safely With Type 1 Diabetes
- Diabetes Summer Camp: What Parents Need to Know
- Dating with Diabetes: When to Tell a New Partner
- Alcohol and Type 1 Diabetes: How It Affects Insulin
- Alcohol and Diabetes: a Guide to Safe Drinking
- Teen Diabetes Mental Health: Spot the Burnout
- Diabetes Distress vs Depression: How to Tell the Difference
- Diabetes Burnout: Why It Happens and What Helps
- Diabetes Support Groups Near Me: Where to Look