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Subject to the metamorphoses of puberty, the child becomes an adolescent at the cost of major psychological upheaval. In this way they reach adulthood. For some adolescents, having a chronic illness simultaneously mobilizes their psychological energy. In the quest for independence, these adolescents, whether consciously or not, keep the limitations of the treatment and the relationship with their doctor at a distance to help fulfil their dreams and to get closer to their ego ideal – an additional pretext, since everything is kept at a distance. In understanding the adolescent psychological dynamic, care givers can lead the child in a health care project. They have the means to identify their physical, cognitive, and emotional abilities, and to offer them reassuring support to help them to take care of themselves, in other words, to give them as many resources as possible to, in adulthood, accept social reality and its laws, relationship challenges, the reality of diabetes, and the restrictions of the treatment with the best emotional balance. In some ways, psychologists embody another “transition” between doctors and parents, making it possible to inhibit certain psychological conflicts and support the young adolescents in their efforts at subjectification with the help of support or therapeutic work.