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Need advice with what appears to be PASSIVE oppositional defiance disorder
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 411659" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>I have four adopted kids. How old was she when you adopted her? Those early infant and toddler years are very important. Do you know anything about her genetics? She is actually acting like a child who could have attachment issues. It is so much harder to figure out what is wrong with our adopted children if we don't have a strong history. I adopted one child from Hong Kong (at age six...he never really attached) and one from Korea (at five months). We knew very little about our daughter's biology...still don't. She was smart and overly sensitive and as a teen she did get heavily involved with drugs. Luckily she came to her senses. The adoption IS an issues with almost all adopted children.</p><p></p><p> If the child was in an orphanage, often the child did not get the stimulation and love an infant is supposed to get...that can cause many problems. Our adopted son from Hong Kong is now thirty-three. He spent six years in an orphanage and struggled with attaching to anybody until he finally met his wife. I think things are better for him now, however he doesn't speak to anyone in the family anymore. Sadly, I just don't think he felt he ever WAS a part of the family. Talking to a psychologist who ONLY sees adopted children, he explained that S. has attachment problems which can manifest in many ways. His being in an orphanage for his earliest years had a profound effect on his mental health (sigh). He was not a BAD kid in any sense, but he never believed he fit in anywhere.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 411659, member: 1550"] I have four adopted kids. How old was she when you adopted her? Those early infant and toddler years are very important. Do you know anything about her genetics? She is actually acting like a child who could have attachment issues. It is so much harder to figure out what is wrong with our adopted children if we don't have a strong history. I adopted one child from Hong Kong (at age six...he never really attached) and one from Korea (at five months). We knew very little about our daughter's biology...still don't. She was smart and overly sensitive and as a teen she did get heavily involved with drugs. Luckily she came to her senses. The adoption IS an issues with almost all adopted children. If the child was in an orphanage, often the child did not get the stimulation and love an infant is supposed to get...that can cause many problems. Our adopted son from Hong Kong is now thirty-three. He spent six years in an orphanage and struggled with attaching to anybody until he finally met his wife. I think things are better for him now, however he doesn't speak to anyone in the family anymore. Sadly, I just don't think he felt he ever WAS a part of the family. Talking to a psychologist who ONLY sees adopted children, he explained that S. has attachment problems which can manifest in many ways. His being in an orphanage for his earliest years had a profound effect on his mental health (sigh). He was not a BAD kid in any sense, but he never believed he fit in anywhere. [/QUOTE]
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