The emotions are running high during those formative tween and teen years…Now add on celiac disease. This post explores celiac kids’ difficulties during those years and how we as parents can possibly help them manage through it.
The emotions can run wild as parents — feeling guilty after you’ve found out you handed down not just your beautiful blue eyes but your genetic predisposition to celiac disease. Maybe you don’t have it, but now your son or daughter does and you never saw it coming. Now you’re walloped with guilt and sadness. What’s next?
The house smells like chocolate cake, perfect for a nice fall day. But then tragedy strikes, leaving all but one piece of the gluten-free cake inedible, and a mother overwhelmed with emotion. It’s a true, gluten-free story that may make you feel like you’re not the only one overwhelmed at times.
