RAD Religion: Reactive Attachment Disorder
It didn’t take long for me to see that I was much more like my children who had RAD, than I was like God. I call it RAD religion. When it Comes... Read More →
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RAD Empathy: Reactive Attachment Disorder
A note to my own friends and family about how I need RAD empathy during the holidays. Feel free to share with yours if you need RAD... Read More →
RAD Relief: Reactive Attachment Disorder
For me, that little bit of thanks equates to RAD relief. And everybody needs to be appreciated. The RAD Relief We All Need Is To Be Appreciated... Read More →
RAD Reality: Reactive Attachment Disorder
If we do all the right things, our children will get better (than they are). But they might never “get better.” And that is RAD reality.... Read More →
RAD Punishment: Reactive Attachment Disorder
RAD punishment is something that must require our utmost planning and introspection. To do more good than harm, there are many things to... Read More →
RAD Guilt Trips: Reactive Attachment Disorder
If RAD parents are working with programs or institutions that use RAD guilt trips to manipulate them, the programs are doing more harm than good.... Read More →
Family Days: Family Building Values
Despite the stress of me being out of my element, I love vacations and the family days I can spend with my wife, my children and my parents.... Read More →
RAD Siblings: Reactive Attachment Disorder
The most urgent thing is not always the most important thing. Our other children, the RAD siblings, need us too. This One’s for Chelsea Stump and... Read More →
Family Dance: Family Building Values
State of the art parenting techniques are now coming out of the child trauma therapy field. These newer methods provide instruction for family... Read More →
RAD Sabotage: Reactive Attachment Disorder
In spending the last ten years parenting several children with Reactive Attachment Disorder, I see five basic reasons for why they engage in RAD... Read More →
RAD Scheduling: Reactive Attachment Disorder
RAD scheduling means that we must deal with other priorities in between raging wildfires. If not, Reactive Attachment Disorder will consume... Read More →
RAD Normal: Reactive Attachment Disorder
RAD normal was abnormal, but since my daughters didn’t understand anything different, they became most comfortable with RAD normal. Not “Normal”... Read More →
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