| I have two children, one is 5 and one is just under a year.
My take on this is that you cannot be afraid of hypos. I am lucky enough to get decent warning signs, and I think that is something you have to work on if you ever care for kids alone / drive a car / do anything else that could harm others. I like to run low but if ever it meant I needed to rely on someone elses help then I'd rethink my goals.
If you have always been able to help yourself when a hypo turns up, why are you worried? With your 7 year old, involve her. If I'm going out alone with my 5 year old, she carries Daddie's sweet stuff in case I 'go dodgy' as she charmingly puts it and she really gets a kick out of that responsibility. It makes up for the odd occasion where I'm playing with her at the park and have to sit down for a while and shake. Whilst I wish that didn't happen and would rather be able to keep playing with her at that point, I know I'm a great dad and that worrying about what you cannot change is the best way to madness. She knows I can't help it, so do I and we all just get on with it.
Your kids won't remember you having to take 10 mins out for reasons you can't help. They will remember you getting upset about it, and as that's the bit you can change I would say keep a happy face and don't beat yourself up.
Just my .02 cents (Canadian!)
Gary  | 
