There are several factors that put Reactive Attachment Disorder and holidays at odds. All are significant. RAD holidays are tough. I’m Dreaming... Read More →
Sometimes RAD stealing is a godsend. I heard you gasp, just now. I also saw you roll your eyes. Think about it, though. When Stealing Makes no... Read More →
We had no idea how different RAD advocating would be from the norm. Advocating for children with Reactive Attachment Disorder is like no other... Read More →
RAD manipulation often relies on a “divide and conquer” strategy and children who suffer from Reactive Attachment Disorder understand that all... Read More →
When RAD symptoms are used to diagnosis Reactive Attachment Disorder, it provides a roadmap of where to find treatment and what to do to help our... Read More →
No matter how often my daughter used the emotions chart, RAD emotion limitations only allowed her to point at one of two illustrations; angry or... Read More →
It took a long time for me to understand the RAD child emotions that my oldest daughter expressed. I wish I heard what she meant instead of what... Read More →
Rage and apathy must become only a place in the evolution of RAD parent emotions. Eventually, our emotions need to evolve to a different place. I... Read More →
It really wasn’t my daughter, but RAD child anger hurt our other children. It hurt us, as parents. RAD child anger felt like it would shred our... Read More →
The RAD child surprise diagnosis didn’t help. We were looking for the quick fix to a situation that had taken years of a perfect storm to... Read More →
Hypervigilance and Reactive Attachment Disorder make vacations the Devil! To this day I can’t make a sudden move near any of my children who have... Read More →