But, He Spit in my Coffee by Keri Williams wins 2002 IndieReader Discovery Award (IRDA)

Keri shares her experience of being a licensed foster carer and adopting from the state. She shares her perspectives on the system shining a light …

Kids with RAD have an indefatigable need to control the people and situations around them because they only feel safe when they prove to themselves …

Parents of kids diagnosed with Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) are all too familiar with the symptoms. Anecdotally we often list food hoarding, violent outbursts, crazy …

Adoptive and foster parents usually reach a crisis point before we get help. No doubt, our children need us to be that calm and steady, …

Are you parenting a child from hard places? First, know you are not alone. There are thousands of us going through the same things. It’s …

I opened the closet door to find my son Devon squatting in the shadowy darkness with a belt looped loosely around his neck. He was …

“It’s like living in a prison. We can’t go anywhere. All doors are locked. Alarms everywhere. We can’t have friends over. Stuff goes missing. We’ve …

To better serve children with developmental trauma, Kolk has proposed adding a new diagnosis to the DSM called Developmental Trauma Disorder (DTD). The new diagnostic …

Let’s strip away the platitudes and talk about surviving. Here’s my unfiltered, pragmatic RAD-parent-to-RAD-parent advice.

It’s the million-dollar question. How do we manage the behavior of children with RAD? Therapeutic approaches can seem scarily permissive. Meanwhile, traditional parenting approaches backfire spectacularly. At …

Child-on-parent violence is at epidemic levels in some families. However, it’s a taboo topic in our society and there’s little help available for parents or …