title: The challenge of transferring responsibility for diabetes management from parent to child.
abstract: To emancipate from their parents, children and adolescents with diabetes eventually must assume responsibility for self-care. The challenge that parents and health care professionals face is deciding when and how to transfer this responsibility from parent to child. Inappropriate transfer of self-care responsibility can precipitate poor metabolic control and strain parent-child relationships. By planning the gradual transfer of this responsibility based on children's cognitive abilities, maturity level, demonstrated self-care skills, and family environment factors, health care providers can minimize these problems.
authors.forename: B P
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Giordano
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Petrila
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Banion
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Neuenkirchen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D002666:Psychology, Child; D012648:Self Care