I go by behavior with Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD), which is really scary. If your daughter doesn't actually scare you yet, then she either doesn't have a severe, full blown form of Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) or she is good at hiding it, like our ex-son was. I should just call him Psychokid because, very sadly, he was. Did you adopt her at an older age? Those kids almost always have attachment problems. I was extremely lucky that Sonic never did. He came to us at two and is very bonded. He had attachment assessments done before we could adopt him and passed them all and is obvious in his behavior toward us that he genuninely loves us. He was lucky though. He never spent time in an orphanage and his foster family rocked the boat so he was never neglected. His bio. mom dropped him off at the hospital after giving birth to him and he was given to this loving medical family because he needed heart surgery.
Did your child come from Eastern Europe? Those kids are famous for attachment disorder since they grow up in orphanages and are rarely held or nurtured. My oldest daughter came from Korea and her foster mom carried her on her back so she was actually spoiled w hen we got her at five months...another one with no attachment issues.
Full blown Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) is terrifying. If she actually tries to hurt the kittens, that is a red flag. Maybe you should rehome them before something happens to them. I mean, I wish I'd know with the dogs...I would have given them to somebody else. Heck, I wish I'd known about my younger kids...he would have been gone, gone, gone way before he was.
But Poppy may not have this full blown Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD). Full blown Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) has no consciences and really no sense of remorse about anything, which is why they can easily kill animals and perp on and hurt other human beings or get Mom and Dad locked in jail for false abuse. They really don't have feelings about humans. They are there to please them and that's it. I don't recognize full blown Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) in any of your posts. If I had see it, I would have called it out as I want to save as many kids as I can from Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) siblings who have no problem perping on them, burning down the house, accusing you of false sexual abuse allegations or strangling their animals. I try to get parents of kids with those sorts of dangerous behaviors to parent their child outside of the home before it's too late.
How old was she when you got her?
