Some Down-to-Earth Advice for Parents of Teens & Tweens with Diabetes

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In light of my daughter’s Bat Mitzvah this past weekend (!), I’ve been thinking a lot about setting our children “afloat” – out on their own, responsible for their own actions and the consequences thereof. It’s scary, and mine don’t even have diab…

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