Parenting style, supporting factor of the socio-emotional development of the child with diabetes

The article highlights the crucial importance of parenting style in the lives of children with diabetes, showing how it directly influences the children's ability to manage the disease and lead a balanced life. Parenting style not only plays a role in diabetes management, but also has a profound impact on the child's emotional state and long-term development. The comparative study between school-aged children with diabetes and those without diabetes examined the impact of parenting styles on key factors in socio-emotional development and diabetes management in children, identifying parenting styles as significant predictors of children's emotional intelligence as well as internalizing and externalizing problems. A parenting style that actively involves the child in the process of diabetes management, both through education and emotional support, can have a major positive impact on the child's quality of life. Therefore, it is essential that parents adopt a style that supports not only the strict management of the disease but also the child's emotional and social development, ensuring a balance between medical requirements and the child's emotional needs.