she's 16, with a disease that is inconvient, of course she doesn't want to take time out of her busy life to do the finger sticks etc etc....What about if YOU started doing the blood sugar tests? if she isn't going to take care of it herself than the parent should step in, if this means that she has to be home earlier to have it tested oh well, if this means that she cannot go somewhere b/c it will interefere with the testing then oh well. If there is something she wants to than she will maybe suck it up and be responsible for herself.

Are her friends aware of the diabetes? maybe they can enourage her a bit? what about visiting a hospital patient that has suffered some more of teh drastic effects of the disease?..amputation, blindness, kidney failure etc etc.

Probably some of it has to do with her age but the stigma as well. Kids can be cruel so she is maybe afraid what their reaction might be to see her do the finger stick....she can use that to teach them in the way kids teach each other. I DISAGREE with the people who are saying to make her sick in hopes she will get better, for one thats illegal and for 2 teens are invincable, there don't think anything bad coudl ever happen to them, I'm sure as a mom you would never make your child sick to teach them a lesson though.

Good luck, I hope she gets a little better at managing this disease.

Edited; sorry another thought just came to my mind, does she understand the disease clearly? or has she just said she does? she may not fully understand the disease at this point. If she is made 100% aware (which I'm sure you have done but does she get it?? lol) maybe that will give her the extra push in becomming pro-active