I came to this group because as many of you already know "normal" people do not understand what my life is like being the mother of three RAD children. I read...
My son is in a sexual offender's program, so maybe I can help a little. First of all, do be worried about your younger daughters, and any of your sons who are...
Thank you Katie, that is one thing that I feel I have ran out of HOPE. My husband and I have been trying to see the outcome of all of this, and neither one of...
You know, that is the biggest thing that I struggle with.....people understanding what we have to do in order to survive a home that has RAD in it. My...
Dear fellow Rad parents, I wrote last week feeling very abused by my 12 year old daughter with RAD. I was at the end of my rope with her and ready to place...
I've been lurking and some of you will know me from delphi my son is 14 and is so close to offending with his still unhealed parts of him... will join you...
Susan, I loved your verb "lurking" because that's sometimes how I feel watching and reading exchanges. I'm not terribly optimistic about outcomes with RAD...
hi Pat Harry is in AT for 2 years now and has stopped pooing his pants. ...we are waiting more than 2 years to see a psychiatrist here in Canada and will have...
Hi Ladies, Melissa is 19 and has been out of the home since she was 15 1/2, although, I did let her come home once for about 5 months just after she turned 16...
Hi Anne, I'm a nobody, except I have been raising 3 'lovely' RADish daughters for 10 years now and know how much easier for all of us it would be to 'send'...
Dear Bev: My heart goes out to you and to everyone who struggles with these issues. If you or anyone out there can remember, when did their RAD symptoms...
hi everyone ...just want to add that I couldn't ever think of any of us parents of a rad kid of being nobodies. I am frustrated no end by Harry but I give...
Sorry, but I honestly don't feel good about your approach. It sounds punitive and I would encourage you, the Mom, to examine all of your motives perhaps with...
Debbie, In my case, by benefit of hindsight, my daughter's symptoms were always there from the day I adopted her at almost 2 years of age. I just didn't ...
It's my understanding that God (our higher power... if you believe in one) comes to us in a small still voice within. That is what silent retreats are for....
Bev, first off,go with your gut impression, you know your child better than anyone. I watched my 7 year old con the child mental health examiner when I was...
What looks like peace to one may be abdication, surrender or even a broken spirit to another which is what I am afraid of - for your daughter - when I read...
We adopted our son when he was 3 but the explosion didn't come until he was 9. Anxiety over school seemed to trigger a lot of it, but the psychiatrist said...
Of course for most of us we would replace the word grandchild with child......and the crying with an array of different behaviors. Thought is was cute. I do...
Dear Shannon: but does that mean he is RAD or is just having trouble, and understandably so (bcs i would if i comprehended that i was adopted) dealing with the...
Shannon, My RAD was adopted when he was 1. From the beginning I knew there were problems - he was charming to everyone else, but wanted nothing to do with me;...
This has been a tough week for my husband and I. Since I joined the group on the 1st we have been slammed with so much stuff I feel, well I can't find the...
cannot offer anything but my prayers.... my autistic 17 year old is incare [group home] because he sexually abused my rad [14] the rad is still much harder to...
I've been "carrying" your letter with me all weekend and I truly do not have an answer. Military school comes to mind, but he'd probably not be accepted and...
starting my own thread.... my fourteen year old rad son.... my youngest of three isolates and does the absolute minimum in terms of participation with family. ...
Some of the recommendations I've read say to attach the child to your hip and constantly find ways to interact. You might talk to your therapist about whether...
Debbie, can you tell us what behaviors you are seeing? We met our daughter when she was 1.5 weeks old and she came home when she was 5.5 weeks. I saw a change...
I hear you.... how can one attach a teen...5' 8" going to school and doing his sports to your hip? I try to keep him engaged at home very difficult...I might...
We have found that "time in" is much more effective than any other strategy we have used. The child has to hold onto the shirt of the adult and spend time...
I have my son 'help' me do everything. If I'm in the kitchen he can empty the trash with me and walk it out together, walk to get the mail together. Also I...
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