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Update: Relinquished son in jail AGAIN, daughter doing better...
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<blockquote data-quote="Sagegrad" data-source="post: 229753" data-attributes="member: 6481"><p>Hugs to you Change - I will think good thoughts for you and your daughter that she continues on the right path.</p><p>We currently have an adopted daughter with Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) but also had to disrupt a planned adoptin of a Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) child. She was 14 at the time she came to us and had been thru many many foster homes. Her siblings had been adopted by another family but they didnt want her, so she was still in the system. When she came to live with us, we immediately started Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) therapy and tried to reach out to her. Unfortunately she was much more damaged than anyone had ever told us and after only 6 months she gave up on all types of therapy and interactions with us. Unfortunately ( or fortunately now that I look back) the state she came from gave her the right at age 15 to make up her mind whether she wanted to stay and be adopted by us. She chose no. She opted to go back into foster care because it was "easier". There were no demands made of her and she wouldnt have to face reality. SHe was extremely dissociative and had created a fantasy world where she went for long periods of time to escape reality.</p><p>Looking back now we realize how unprepared we were to deal with that child and her needs and althought it truly broke out hearts to lose her, we know that it was the right thing. And luckily 6 months later our other child was placed with us. She also has Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) but not to the same extremes and truly now 5 years later has begun to bond and think of us as a family. Unfortunatley now her BiPolar has been diagnosed and we have a whole slew of other things to deal with...</p><p>Anyways - sorry for rambling and know that you are in my thoughts</p><p>Sage</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sagegrad, post: 229753, member: 6481"] Hugs to you Change - I will think good thoughts for you and your daughter that she continues on the right path. We currently have an adopted daughter with Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) but also had to disrupt a planned adoptin of a Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) child. She was 14 at the time she came to us and had been thru many many foster homes. Her siblings had been adopted by another family but they didnt want her, so she was still in the system. When she came to live with us, we immediately started Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) therapy and tried to reach out to her. Unfortunately she was much more damaged than anyone had ever told us and after only 6 months she gave up on all types of therapy and interactions with us. Unfortunately ( or fortunately now that I look back) the state she came from gave her the right at age 15 to make up her mind whether she wanted to stay and be adopted by us. She chose no. She opted to go back into foster care because it was "easier". There were no demands made of her and she wouldnt have to face reality. SHe was extremely dissociative and had created a fantasy world where she went for long periods of time to escape reality. Looking back now we realize how unprepared we were to deal with that child and her needs and althought it truly broke out hearts to lose her, we know that it was the right thing. And luckily 6 months later our other child was placed with us. She also has Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) but not to the same extremes and truly now 5 years later has begun to bond and think of us as a family. Unfortunatley now her BiPolar has been diagnosed and we have a whole slew of other things to deal with... Anyways - sorry for rambling and know that you are in my thoughts Sage [/QUOTE]
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