Type 1 diabetes — for kids and the grown-ups who love them

Raising a child with type 1 diabetes means holding both the medical reality and the ordinary childhood underneath it. These stories, articles, and episodes speak to that double life — the pump alarms and the playground, the lows and the friendships.

Articles

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Stories to read together

June on the Blacktop

June on the Blacktop

Podcast episodes

June on the Blacktop — Deep Dive: Grief, type 1 diabetes & 'It's Not Fair'
For kids living with type 1 diabetes, a sudden low can yank them out of a game and into fruit snacks while everyone else keeps running. This episode walks through how to honor that grief and unfairness — and how the companion songs (Blacktop Day, Dropping, I Rise Again) help kids name the drop before they bounce back.

Other topics

Emotional regulation Parenting Executive functioning Anxiety Sensory processing Neurodivergence PANS/PANDAS