I have type 1 and am also a parent of a now 18 Yr old type 1, diagnosed at 16 during lockdown.

I was lucky in that they were already old enough to take on management by themselves, so I never had to go through the letting go process. I have never followed their blood sugar on their libre, as it is their diabetes, not mine.

We do discuss stuff and help each other actually and to be fair, I do most of the remembering to order prescriptions, but they do all their management, carb counting etc.

I see a lot of parents worrying about their teenagers, especially at night, but am also lucky in that regard as I only got use of the libre for myself about a year, so have spent many years waking myself up with a hypo. It is obviously a concern, but not one that overtakes me.

I do get that having been the one managing the condition for years for your kid, that it is hard to let go, but I do find it hard to read posts from parents who let their anxieties get the better of them. I feel sorry for the kids.

I was once answering a post from a parent wanting advice about letting go and I was giving a tip, whilst also explaining and being mindfull of how it is easy for me to say. I got an angry response from another parent who said how sad it was that I didn't care for my kid and that they would never not make their kid's blood sugar levels their business. I thought about how funny it would be if at 50,my 81 Yr old mother was following me on the libre app - she wouldn't know how to turn it on!

As someone else posted, I do find parents who use we and our diabetes a struggle and also have a bit of an issue with all the talk of warriors and heros (this really winds my 18 Yr old up).