September Hope-Mongering session topic:
Let them eat cake!
Special Guest: Joanne Robb, MS, MFT
If you start a conversation about food and diabetes management, everyone has something to say. Questions run the gamut, but the bottom line is that all T1D parents are anxious about how to strike a balance: We know that if we control food, we can have better outcomes with blood sugars, but we also know how disappointing it is for our type 1 kids — already suffering from being different from everyone else — to be told that they can’t eat the cake at the birthday party. 

What’s a parent to do?
This issue is super complex. Complex enough that we've asked Joanne Robb, therapist and T1D mom of two, to talk about the kind of environment you can create at home to support your kids in having a positive relationship with food, along with some information about the intersection between diabetes and eating disorders so you know what to be on the lookout for.  

This "Hope-mongering" parent support session is September 15 at 7pm hosted on Zoom.

Hope-Mongering Parent Sessions are always free!
A moment from our previous session with Dr. Amy Stoeber. Sometimes the sessions feel like a presentation, sometimes an interview, sometimes a panel, but always a conversation.
About Hope-Mongering:

Each month we recruit an array of key voices to host a series of conversations: parents, young adults who grew up with T1D, health coaches, educators, dietitians, T1D doctors and nurses, and of course the GCC summer camp crew.

It's a magic formula for conversation on raising a young person with T1D. We'd love for you to join us and add your voice, or just sit back and listen. Feel free to bring topics or questions.
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