10 Things People Say About Reactive Attachment Disorder That Aren't True (and Hurt Families)
Reactive attachment disorder isn't usually what it seems to the outside world. And the assumptions around it hurt kids and families.
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Nichole Noonan
- Dec 28, 2022
- 7 min
The Story of a Mom who Protected her Family From a Disguised and Tricky Disorder
Though the road to and through reactive attachment disorder was long and winding, Amy's perseverance led her family to safety.
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Micaela Myers
- Nov 29, 2022
- 5 min
Reactive Attachment Disorder Parenting Aftermath: How to Heal After Living With the Disorder
Reactive attachment disorder is a developmental trauma disorder that wreaks havoc upon the families dealing with it. Violence,...
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Micaela Myers
- Nov 11, 2022
- 5 min
The Aftermath of Reactive Attachment Disorder: What To Do When Your Kid Grows Up
When our children with reactive attachment disorder (RAD) – a developmental trauma disorder – grow up, RAD doesn’t magically disappear.
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Nichole Noonan
- Oct 18, 2022
- 7 min
An Overview of the Navigating Reactive Attachment Disorder Experience for Those Who Couldn't Make It
Navigating Reactive Attachment Disorder 2022 (NavRAD22) was full of tears, hope, laughter, connection and guidance.
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Nichole Noonan
- Sep 23, 2022
- 5 min
Reactive Attachment Disorder: How a Family Got to the Other Side From Despair to Hope
The Baxters had never heard of reactive attachment disorder. They certainly didn't have training for what to do about it. But they made it.
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Micaela Myers
- Aug 16, 2022
- 6 min
5 Painful Yet Often Critical Pathways for Parents of Children with Reactive Attachment Disorder
Parenting isn’t an easy gig, no matter who the parent or child is. But when a child has reactive attachment disorder (RAD) – the result...
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Anonymous
- Aug 9, 2022
- 6 min
The Process of a Heart Breaking, by a Sister of a Brother with Reactive Attachment Disorder
Many people, including clinicians, do not understand that the whole family needs help for reactive attachment disorder. Here is one story.
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Micaela Myers
- Jun 23, 2022
- 5 min
How Lying and Stealing from a Child with Reactive Attachment Disorder is Different from Another Kid
The lies that kids with RAD tell can be so obvious and illogical that parents begin to question their own reality, says Lien.
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Micaela Myers
- May 17, 2022
- 5 min
3 Things This Mom Wishes She Knew Years Ago While Raising a Child with Reactive Attachment Disorder
Being the mother of a child with reactive attachment disorder was the hardest thing I’ve ever done. Here's what I wish I knew at the start.
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Nichole Noonan
- Feb 23, 2022
- 6 min
Reactive Attachment Disorder: The World Might Be a Better Place If We Supported These Parents
Just like parents can't love away cancer, they can't erase the impacts of early trauma with a "good home". Yet, that is the expectation.
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Micaela Myers
- Feb 14, 2022
- 5 min
Reactive Attachment Disorder: All the Things a Grandma Might Not See That Her Daughter Does
Reactive attachment disorder notoriously strains relationships due to its confusing nature. This RAD mom struggled with her own mom.
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Nichole Noonan
- Jan 25, 2022
- 1 min
Reactive Attachment Disorder Support: Where Families Can Learn & Lean On Each Other in 2022
Join us for NavRAD22 in Georgia this October for a unique conference created just for those raising kids with reactive attachment disorder.
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Anonymous
- Dec 15, 2021
- 8 min
3 Lessons I Learned the Hard Way After Getting Arrested While Raising a Child with RAD
How did my dream of helping kids in foster care end with my husband and I being arrested? Here's our story.
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Micaela Myers
- Nov 2, 2021
- 4 min
Why a parent of a child with reactive attachment disorder is one of the loneliest kind of caregiver
Children with reactive attachment disorder have special needs. But others don't see it. So parents are left alone to create their "village".
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Micaela Myers
- Sep 28, 2021
- 3 min
What reactive attachment disorder does to a mom's mind, body and soul
Although reactive attachment disorder impacts the entire family, moms (or sometimes dads) often get the brunt of it.
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Micaela Myers
- Aug 25, 2021
- 5 min
What Reactive Attachment Disorder Looks Like Through the Eyes of a Dad
In two-parent homes, where one parent stays at home and is the more primary caregiver, the other parent often sees a very different picture.
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Heather Houze
- Jul 28, 2021
- 5 min
Reactive Attachment Disorder Parenting: The Toughest Reality a Parent Can Face
Sometimes a child experiences such severe impacts of early trauma that they can’t accept the love of a family.
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Carrie O'Toole
- Jul 21, 2021
- 4 min
The Added Trauma of Raising a Traumatized Child: When Everyone Turns Against You
Raising a traumatized child is traumatizing, further compacted by the loss of friends and family.
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Monica Badgley
- Jun 22, 2021
- 5 min
What PTSD Looks Like in Kids with Siblings with Reactive Attachment Disorder
Healthy kids often become a byproduct of their sibling’s reactive attachment disorder; they also become traumatized.
4,133 views1 comment
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