Reactive Attachment Disorder: The "Rare" Culprit That Stifles Traumatized Kids and Their Parents
We can't solve a problem until we recognize it. And reactive attachment disorder is a big problem, whether or not we choose to believe it.
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Micaela Myers
- Sep 1, 2021
- 3 min
A Harbor for Sinking Ships: A Mom’s Perspective on the Navigating Reactive Attachment Disorder Event
A mom-perspective of Navigating RAD 21, a first-ever conference especially for parents of kids with reactive attachment disorder.
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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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Micaela Myers
- Jun 29, 2021
- 5 min
When reactive attachment disorder looks like something else and the medication consequences
While all kids with reactive attachment disorder need effective therapy, some find relief much faster with the help of the right medication.
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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.
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Nichole Noonan
- Jun 16, 2021
- 4 min
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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- Mar 22, 2021
- 3 min
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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Allison Ellenwood
- Feb 10, 2021
- 4 min
A guide to navigating school with a child with reactive attachment disorder in the pandemic
“I hate you!” my daughter yells, throwing her school work on the floor and shoving her school-issued Chromebook across the kitchen table....
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Carrie O'Toole
- Feb 9, 2021
- 4 min
How an adopted child's early trauma can separate the parents' relationship
It’s a common story: A couple decides to share their love for each other with an adopted child. Family and friends call them “saints” for...
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Amy VanTine
- Feb 1, 2021
- 5 min
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 27, 2021
- 4 min
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 18, 2021
- 5 min
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 13, 2021
- 7 min
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 6, 2021
- 2 min
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 29, 2020
- 6 min
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 J. Brown
- Dec 11, 2020
- 5 min
The Reality of Holidays with Reactive Attachment Disorder & How Parents Can Prepare Into 2023
The holidays are especially difficult for RAD families. Read this mom's tips for how to get through.
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Amy VanTine
- Dec 9, 2020
- 5 min
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 2, 2020
- 4 min
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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Gina Heumann
- Nov 18, 2020
- 7 min
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 11, 2020
- 5 min
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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