Imagine a seven-year-old learning to check her blood sugar at every meal or a teenager who has to think twice before sharing a snack with friends. For these kids, 'just being a kid' is a little different, and for their parents, there's the delicate balance between keeping their child safe and letting them feel like, well, any other child.
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