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Mom’s Top Ten Survival Tips for Raising Your Child with Attachment Issues

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       I have parented my adopted child for over nine years.  I will never be the same.  It is the hardest thing I have ever done. On the days I am frustrated, it is good for me to go back and remember how far we have come.  I only wish I had known… Continue reading Mom’s Top Ten Survival Tips for Raising Your Child with Attachment Issues

Adoption · Attachment Disorder · Brat Talk · Mothering · Parenting · Special Needs Children · Special Needs Moms

7 Confessions of a RAD (Not Bad) Mom

Kimberly WaldieLeave a comment

 I resist labels.  I don’t like the boxes that words put us in.  There is one label, though, that I need to use today.  As a parent for nine years of a child who has suffered from multiple broken attachments, let me introduce you to RAD, or Reactive Attachment Disorder. I have made friends with… Continue reading 7 Confessions of a RAD (Not Bad) Mom