I don’t believe in using diabetes as an excuse – for anything. Using diabetes as an excuse is just another version of being a victim. A recent discussion reinforced this for me. A parent mentioned that it’s awkward to have to stop and ask his/her child if he/she is high before punishing him/her in public.
Does this mean that whatever the kid did that was worthy of punishment was completely ok if the blood glucose level was high? I really don’t think so. Perhaps a parent needs to take a few minutes to deal with the blood glucose – treat a low or a high – but then the kid still needs to apologize or get punished or whatever the situation called for (and in that parent’s defense, maybe this is what they meant) .
I can’t help thinking about where a kid could go with this. If Mom or Dad doesn’t punish the kid for what they do when their blood glucose is high or low, they could really take that ball and run with it. Imagine the future scenarios in which they could use diabetes as an excuse? How will that help them succeed in life?
Do you think high or low blood glucose is a get-out-of-punishment-free card?