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Reviews"...Here is a book I certainly could have used at that time. The information is simple to understand, and the author, a diabetic herself, shares just what a child needs to know to feel a part of a family that has changed with that medical diagnosis. The illustrations are pleasant, lightening the message of a disease like diabetes for a child. The book is one to be shared as the information may be the beginning of many questions. A very good first step to understanding, it is aimed at pre-teens that need information about diabetes so they can both forgive behavior and help protect the family member with diabetes. ..." -Review from Diabetic Lifestyle "Can Mom Have a Piece of My Birthday Cake? helps explain to kids what it means for a parent to be diagnosed with diabetes. Written from the perspective of a seven-year-old girl, author Rochelle Stern offers a simple but effective explanation of diabetes that kids can understand. Stern herself was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when she was 32 years old, so the story and activities no doubt reflect the challenges that she had explaining her diabetes to her two children. If you are an adult with diabetes and want to help your kids understand what diabetes is all about, this is an excellent book. Highly Recommended." -Review from Children With Diabetes "In working with adults with diabetes, I
have found that a good number of them find the many facets of the disease too
complex to explain to their children. Here is a book that will give them the
vocabulary they need to make talking about diabetes a piece of cake!" "Diabetes can be a confusing disease from a child's point of view. They know you cannot freely eat food containing sugar, yet they see that at times you need to eat sugar to feel better. This book will help make clear to a child how diabetes affects you, and provides useful ideas on how family members can help to make things easier. If I had had a book like this when I was eight years old, I would have understood much better my diabetic neighbor's way of doing things. Highly recommended." -Ragnar Hanas, M.D., Ph.D., Consulting Pediatrician, Uddevalla Hospital, Sweden "We have finally come to acknowledge in recent years that diabetes affects
not just the individual inflicted, but all those around them -- children are no
exception. Ms. Stern has written a beautiful book that tackles the difficult
subject of diabetes through the eyes of a child. That is what makes this book so
special. I can think of no greater compliment to its worth than to say I
wish my own brother could have read this when I was diagnosed." "As a teacher of a student with diabetes as well as a daughter of a diabetic parent, I find the book offers straightforward and practical advice and activates. In turn, this can open the door to realistic discussion between adults and children. This book is truly an original and first of its kind, focusing on the point-of-view of a child who has a family member with diabetes. I am pleased to see a book on this topic being finally published." -Joanne Hozeny, second grade teacher Mount Prospect Elementary School, Basking Ridge, New Jersey
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