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When medical advocacy is dismissed as overprotection

The school nurse calls me paranoid but I need her to check my daughter's blood sugar before gym class because I cannot trust anyone else to keep her alive.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Professional resistance to parental vigilance forces confrontation between expertise and intimate knowledge of a child's needs.

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“Where Are You with Parenting a child with chronic illness?”

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