"The Challenge of Childhood Diabetes" is designed to:

• Offer day to day and month-by-month support in order to lessen anxiety in parents of newly-diagnosed children.
• Suggest a wholesome diet for the entire family
• Help parents bring their children's Hemoglobin A1c below 7.0, preventing long term complications
• Foster a co-operative, supportive and loving family team approach
• Advocate for a more active lifestyle, with limited TV and computer use
• Advise parents to be proactive, creative, independent thinkers
• Enable parents to find an excellent medical support team
• Teach parents how to gain co-operation from children with diabetes
• Encourage parents to consider the benefits of alternative treatments
• Support the participation of fathers in their children's care
• Promote marital communication, harmony and closeness
• Facilitate intergenerational co-operation in the care of children with diabetes
• Raise medical awareness of the nutritional and psychological needs of parents of children with diabetes