Keeping Teenagers on track by Neil Walden

We all know that adults don't always obey the rules, but teenagers make a habit of it!  "Why ??" is the constant question posed to parents who want a record book to be filled in regularly, or who try to limit sweet foods consumed after a hypo to reasonable limits, instead of amounts which will produce a blood sugar in excess of 20mmol/l.

Teenagers push the boundaries in every area of life and teenagers with diabetes can be even more manipulative.  A fussy teenager can refuse to eat his dinner and then demand another kind of carbohydrate from that provided by his parent, "otherwise I will have a hypo and die!" Life can be very challenging, but then we were all teenagers once, so maybe this is pay back time? Mind you I didn't have diabetes until much later, so I never put my parents through this kind of test.

Comments

[Amanda Keane]

Know what you mean, I have a teenager (14) who has had diabetes since he was 22 month old plus I also have diabetes. But to make matters worse he also has coeliac disease (an allergy to wheat based products) which can sometimes make some carbs uneatable to him.

Trying to get him to complete his diary on a regular basis is like pulling teeth. I must admit like you I was not diagnosed until I was 21 thus I did not put my parents through it either. I must have done something wrong either in a previous life or I'm not liked in this one.

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[Tianshi]

You have been involved in Kids world before.They understand the guidelines and stick on it.The value of is not that big for them.But any advice giving is taking as given.Wonderful group to work with and to put things into workable situation

[NancyD]

In many cases type 2 diabetes is preventable by choosing a healthy lifestyle and keeping the weight down. Sometimes though it happens and we have to accept and just manage it.

I feel sorry for teenagers these days. I'm old enough to remember days when there wasn't any fast food outlets and we always had a healthy balanced meat and veg dinner - sweets were a treat on saturdays when we got our pocket money. There's so much pressure from every angle on them, even their friends have parties in fast food joints!!

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Try practising a healthy lifestyle like regular exercise and eating healthy foods. This will avoid us from diabetes.

[Monty]

It must be extra hard to have a teen with diabetes. teens are challanging as it is.

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I recommend reading 'Diabetes and You: A Comprehensive, Holistic Approach'. It has just about everything diabetes-related in it. Hope this helps.

[Jeremy Hermidia]

Out of curiosity, where did you end up finding your source for the post? Was it the top of your head? Either way you obviously know your stuff ;-)
I say that because my girl found out the hardway when she was 12 she was Type I Diabetic. She dropped crazy weight at once and one day just collapsed and found her way into a diabetic coma (?) but luckily came out.

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