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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)/Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) parents - Would you adopt again?
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<blockquote data-quote="skylar1953" data-source="post: 498768" data-attributes="member: 13624"><p>No. Didn't know my daughter had been exposed to alcohol in utero. Behavior problems began at birth (not sleeping, couldn't keep food down, constant crying), but I could deal with that. However, once she started school, poor behaviors escalated to the point where children wrote letters to the principal asking that she be kept away from them. I sought help for her from many "experts" in Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAE)/Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS), but even though she has an average (tho low) IQ, she continues to make poor decisions, is confrontational, can't keep friends, exposes her 10 y.o. son to dangerous situations (spending the weekends at homes of guys she just met). Stealing began at age 4 (impulsive), asking boys to f**k her in 6th grade (don't know where that came from). No matter how many medical interventions, medication interventions, psychiatric interventions I tried, she continued to decline. Began sneaking out at 14, in jail at 15, pregnant at 16. She did finally get her GED, but continues to be unemployed by choice. I am only in her life because of my grandson who turned out to be an amazing, intellectually gifted child. I try to keep him safe and expose him to a "normal" life. You can't change or "fix" a child like this, so unless this is a calling from God--think twice.</p><p></p><p>27 y.o. girl, adopted at birth, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), ODD, ADHD, Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAE)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="skylar1953, post: 498768, member: 13624"] No. Didn't know my daughter had been exposed to alcohol in utero. Behavior problems began at birth (not sleeping, couldn't keep food down, constant crying), but I could deal with that. However, once she started school, poor behaviors escalated to the point where children wrote letters to the principal asking that she be kept away from them. I sought help for her from many "experts" in Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAE)/Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS), but even though she has an average (tho low) IQ, she continues to make poor decisions, is confrontational, can't keep friends, exposes her 10 y.o. son to dangerous situations (spending the weekends at homes of guys she just met). Stealing began at age 4 (impulsive), asking boys to f**k her in 6th grade (don't know where that came from). No matter how many medical interventions, medication interventions, psychiatric interventions I tried, she continued to decline. Began sneaking out at 14, in jail at 15, pregnant at 16. She did finally get her GED, but continues to be unemployed by choice. I am only in her life because of my grandson who turned out to be an amazing, intellectually gifted child. I try to keep him safe and expose him to a "normal" life. You can't change or "fix" a child like this, so unless this is a calling from God--think twice. 27 y.o. girl, adopted at birth, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), ODD, ADHD, Fetal Alcohol Effects (FAE) [/QUOTE]
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