The Challenge RAD Children Have with Making Emotional Connections with Their Mothers

While many mothers of young children receive smiles, hugs, and beautiful hand-drawn pictures, it’s common for mothers raising RAD children (reactive attachment disorder) to be physically and verbally rejected daily, lied to, manipulated and so much more. This ongoing rejection makes it challenging to make emotional connections with RAD children.

RAD, behaviorRobin GlasseyJuly 15, 2020RAD, reactive attachment disorder, Parenting 505, emotional connections, trust, attachmentComment

Breaking out of Negative Cycles of Behavior in Reactive Attachment Disorder

There are many challenges and behaviors which are associated with Reactive Attachment Disorder such as: lack of affection, lack of conscience, disobedience, manipulation, temper tantrums, physical violence, destruction of property, argumentative, and so many more. Each child is unique in what his or her cycle may look like. What creates negative cycles of behavior and how can we as parents and caregivers help our children to break out of them?

RAD, Parenting, behaviorRobin GlasseyOctober 3, 2018parenting advice, surviving parenthoodComment