What Reactive Attachment Disorder Really Looks Like Inside of the Home
What people assume from the outside is often very different from the reality of living with reactive attachment disorder.
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Micaela Myers
Jun 8, 20213 min read
The cycle of trauma: When reactive attachment disorder in childhood grows up
Despite what some people think, children don't simply outgrow the impact of trauma. It's not a phase, it's reactive attachment disorder.
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Mar 22, 20213 min read
Drumroll, please….we have a new look!
As of today, RAD Advocates has a new logo and tagline with a website redesign on the way. While our look has changed, rest assured that...
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Carrie O'Toole
Feb 8, 20215 min read
How a Child's Early Trauma Can Separate Their Parents' Relationship
Post updated in May of 2023 It’s a common story: A couple decides to share their love with a child. If the child enters the family...
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Amy VanTine
Jan 31, 20215 min read
The reality of reactive attachment disorder parenting: When (not if) CPS investigates
It’s not often a matter of if, but when. The reality of reactive attachment parenting is that child protective services (CPS) will...
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Anonymous
Jan 26, 20214 min read
Why Children with Reactive Attachment Disorder Feel Safer at Institutions Than at Home
I remember our first visit to see our child at a residential treatment center (RTC). We entered through the double set of locked doors...
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Heather Houze
Jan 17, 20215 min read
7 New Year's Resolutions You Actually Need to Put on Your List as a Parent of a Kid with RAD
In 2023, be the hero you deserve as you raise a child with reactive attachment disorder. But, as you do, be kind to that hero.
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Heather Houze
Jan 12, 20217 min read
When a parent needs to call the police on her child with reactive attachment disorder
“What do you want me to do for you?” the police officer said. I will never forget the perplexed look on the young officer’s face when I...
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Heather Houze
Jan 5, 20212 min read
The one thing my son needs most that I can't give him in any new year
The decorations are back in their boxes. Gifts exchanged. Another year behind us. But as other people look toward the future, I’m...
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Amy VanTine
Dec 28, 20206 min read
A woman's dreams of adoption and a fight for her family's safety
It seemed to happen in an instant. From the time the caseworker called to the time the boys arrived, Anna and Tom had one week to prepare...
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Amy VanTine
Dec 8, 20205 min read
Why parenting a child with reactive attachment disorder requires far more than coffee with a friend
I’ve always known it’s a good idea to have a little time away from my kids. And it’s great to go on dates with my husband from time to...
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Stacey Hansen
Dec 1, 20204 min read
The pizza cutter mantra: How to give more calm than chaos to those raising a child with RAD
My mom and I have an inside joke—don’t touch the pizza cutter. Back when my adopted daughter with reactive attachment disorder (RAD)...
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Heather Houze
Nov 24, 20206 min read
6 tricky reactive attachment disorder symptoms one mom initially missed in her son
Reactive attachment disorder is tricky to recognize. The symptoms don't always line up with a doctor's prognosis or another child with RAD.
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Gina Heumann
Nov 17, 20207 min read
8 things you need to know before you adopt a child
Like any expectant parents, adoptive moms and dads worry that they don’t know enough. They wonder what they need to learn to take care of...
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Chris Prange-Morgan, MA, MSW
Nov 10, 20205 min read
How a Mom of a Child with Reactive Attachment Disorder Develops "Trauma Brain" Too
Here at RAD Advocates, we still talk about our "trauma brains" even years after raising kids with reactive attachment disorder. It's real.
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Heather Houze
Nov 3, 20203 min read
Why Parenting a Child With Reactive Attachment Disorder Isn't the Same as Parenting Other Kids
Early in our childrearing lives, I became a stay-at-home mom. My husband Jon supported our family financially while I handled most of the...
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Amy VanTine
Oct 27, 20204 min read
The Most Important Things to Know and Do if Your Child with RAD is in Residential Treatment
Carol was in a complete state of panic when I answered the phone. Her son Ty, a child with reactive attachment disorder (RAD), had been...
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Anonymous
Oct 20, 20206 min read
A mom's heart-wrenching journey through RAD and the decision to send her daughter to live elsewhere
My husband and I had been foster parents for three years the day we got the phone call. The woman on the phone was from the U.S....
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Heather Houze
Oct 14, 20207 min read
Reactive Attachment Disorder Parenting Resource Round-Up: 34 Sources to Survive the Difficult Path
While helpful resources are still bleak with regard to reactive attachment disorder parenting, it's come a long way. Here's what we found.
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Forrest Lien, LCSW
Oct 6, 20206 min read
An Open Letter to Clinicians about "Unstable" Moms of Kids with Reactive Attachment Disorder
Dear Mental Health Colleague, A mother called me in tears yesterday. Her story was one of hundreds I’ve heard over nearly 40 years in the...
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