Tag: Parenting
RAD, Healing the Foundation
An old Bedouin metaphor says: Never let a camel get his nose in your tent. In the US we say: “Give them an inch and…
RAD: Top Tools to Stop Critics
There are severe challenges to living with and helping to heal a child with RAD child. Critics that have judged and condemned parents without all…
RAD, Is It Rare?
Written by Nancy Thomas My stomach turned! Once again a gentle loving family had been misguided and hurt for years by an adoption worker telling…
RAD, The Roots of Violence
The eyes are the windows to the soul. Yesterday I got a piercing hate look from a big, 15 year old boy that I am…
RAD: Spotting it in Toddlers
Time Does Not Heal. My great grandson, Lincoln, is here! It is so awesome to see what an attached toddler does. So many families I…
RAD and Forgiveness
Three Steps to Get Them to Care. “I’m sorry” is so often a lie with children afflicted with RAD. They have little to no conscience…
Furry Friends and RAD
Written by Nancy Thomas. When are Pets a Good Idea? I am not just horsing around or barking up the wrong tree here, animals make…
RAD and the Crushing Power of Praise
Master Manipulator. The principal and the school secretary were digging through the school dumpster! They had already sorted through the entire row of cafeteria trash…
RAD: Follow the Leader To Healing written by Nancy Thomas
Hyperactive or Hyper vigilant? Too many children are mis-diagnosed as hyper active with attention deficits when the real problem is hyper vigilance caused by early…