“…Previous work has found that parents' perceived competence with regard to their ability to manage their child's chronic condition promotes adaptive family functioning, increases medication adherence, and decreases parental distress. 6,16,40 The present sample, with a large number of married couples, which presumably would allow for greater cohesion for the couple in caring for the child, could represent a best-case scenario in which mothers and fathers could ideally know the risks and responsibilities of allergy reactions in their offspring, thereby shouldering the burden equally between them. Nevertheless, significant differences were found between maternal and paternal self-reported empowerment and confidence in their ability to implement that knowledge in the effective management of their child's food allergy.…”