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<blockquote data-quote="TheBoyHasArrived" data-source="post: 571108" data-attributes="member: 14829"><p>Someone needs to intervene because the mother is keeping her newly adopted child close to home? And hasn't openly shared concerns, etc? I would tread very lightly. We have researched just about every possible diagnosis, had evaluations, practice attachment parenting, etcs...but 99% of my family and friends have no idea. With kids who are post-institutionalized, it's so hard to know if the behaviors are PI or attachment-related (probably both). I keep my son extremely close; he goes to school because we have to work outside the home, but I am hesitant to even leave him with therapists at this point, because so many just don't <em>get</em> him. He doesn't have babysitters, he doesn't spend the way with aunts, he doesn't have play dates. I would have eaten someone alive had they suggested I wasn't doing everything that I could for him. I had a similar incident recently, and it can really ruin a relationship quickly.</p><p></p><p> There's a big difference between "Oh, Susie reminds me of my friend's child. He has Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD), have you read anything about that?" or "I read this really good book about adopting an older child, do you want to borrow it? Some of the techniques might help with DS too." and "You really need to get Susie evaluated. You aren't doing enough for her at home. And, by the way, you are really screwing up your older DS."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheBoyHasArrived, post: 571108, member: 14829"] Someone needs to intervene because the mother is keeping her newly adopted child close to home? And hasn't openly shared concerns, etc? I would tread very lightly. We have researched just about every possible diagnosis, had evaluations, practice attachment parenting, etcs...but 99% of my family and friends have no idea. With kids who are post-institutionalized, it's so hard to know if the behaviors are PI or attachment-related (probably both). I keep my son extremely close; he goes to school because we have to work outside the home, but I am hesitant to even leave him with therapists at this point, because so many just don't [I]get[/I] him. He doesn't have babysitters, he doesn't spend the way with aunts, he doesn't have play dates. I would have eaten someone alive had they suggested I wasn't doing everything that I could for him. I had a similar incident recently, and it can really ruin a relationship quickly. There's a big difference between "Oh, Susie reminds me of my friend's child. He has Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD), have you read anything about that?" or "I read this really good book about adopting an older child, do you want to borrow it? Some of the techniques might help with DS too." and "You really need to get Susie evaluated. You aren't doing enough for her at home. And, by the way, you are really screwing up your older DS." [/QUOTE]
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