title: The child with diabetes mellitus.
abstract: Parents, other family members, and health care professionals play an important role in the life of a child who has diabetes. The parents especially are constantly called upon to help make judgments regarding a child's diabetes management. As a child gets older, parents do not make as many of these judgments directly but are available to help the child make his own judgments. Even when a child starts to gain more independence and take over more aspects of his diabetes management, the need for ever-present support is still there. It may not be apparent at times but parents, other family members, and health care professionals must remember that the support is always needed.
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D006128:Growth; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D005082:Physical Exertion; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology