Our 5.5-year-old loved the project! He's been making up his own spin-off experiments today. The story was the perfect level for him—thank you!

I cannot tell you how much my young great-niece and nephews enjoyed doing their experiments. You are making a difference in expanding the minds and creativity of children. Keep on doing what you are doing—for kids, and for the field of medicine.

I think it is unmatched. I have not seen something like this… there are books that get down to this information, but I have never seen something that couples it with a hands-on model. That makes such a huge difference in starting conversations in a way that's easy, memorable, and accessible.

I think they both have a much better concept of what is going on now than they did before using the kit. It's like a toy they can play with, while learning more about themselves.

The kit made him feel special and like he was going to learn something cool about diabetes. By the end, he was saying to other kids, "Your body functions a little differently. But it's okay… you can do anything you want." Feeling like he could teach it to somebody else built his confidence and lowered his anxiety. It even made him dream about becoming a YouTuber to help other kids.

It is rare as a child with diabetes that you feel special and different in a positive and empowering way. This kit made me feel that way.

Making it real and tangible helps reduce anxiety immediately—because it makes knowledge more accessible.

Making the kit available in schools—whether families bring it themselves or it is provided to school nurses—would be really helpful. Every year in elementary school, I gave a presentation to my class about my condition, and I would have loved something like this to pass around the classroom. It could serve as a starting point for conversations that school-age kids often don't know how to have and might find intimidating.

Even for someone like me who has lived with diabetes for a long time, I don't always know how to explain it in a way that a 4- or 5-year-old can understand. It would be really helpful to pull out the kit and say, "Let's explain this in a way you can actually understand that isn't confusing or scary."

If there is a child with type 1 diabetes in the classroom, this kit could be a great way for school nurses to present the information, giving kids the tools to talk about their condition without feeling scared or embarrassed.

Providing the kit to a child in the hospital right after diagnosis is especially powerful. It immediately reduces confusion, breaks down barriers, and empowers children to understand what is happening to them.