We welcome parents/family dealing with Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) through adoption, foster care, birth or marriage. We are from many chat sites where good information gets buried by new email. So we are developing files and links of information for quick references on issues that come up repeatedly for new members or at differing developmental stages of RAD parenting like issues of attachment, adoption, traumatic experiences, self care, behavior, schools and more.

This year members determined Live Telephone Chats would be done by request versus regularly scheduled. Anyone can request a Live Conference Call that will be facilitated for general support or specific topics.

Our Vision is to share our hopes, laughter and success in balance with our needs to vent frustrations, challenges and fears. We hope that balance and a positive perspective can help develop the potential that we, our families and our children have to be happy, healthy and loving people.

We respect everyone's right to choose the parenting philosophies which best meet the needs of their child and family. Our purpose is solely for us as parents and families to share confidentially through discussion, networking and friendship. We are not open for training or observational purposes.

DISCLAIMER: We have a vast amount of knowledge and experience among our members but no one is to be considered an expert or held liable for their opinions. There are parents among our group who are therapists or professionals in related fields. They share here as parents; for any relationship to be considered professional it must be contracted privately through that individual. Reactive Attachment Disorder should only be diagnosed by an appropriately trained professional.

*As this web sites facilitator, the related link is my personal website; I am a Professional Coach specializing in issues of adoption, RAD, therapeutic parenting, new placements, personal development and stress mgmt.

Kim Ahrenholz