RAD Families Need Support: Ten Tips for Getting Support from Family and Friends
It takes a village to raise a child has become a popular rallying cry. The village is central to healing a child with Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD). All too often our fellow villagers – families and friends — are critical of us, not supportive: “You’re being too strict. You just need to love your RADish more.”
What, then, can we tell those goodhearted people so they can support us? Here are ten tips for getting support from family and friends.
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Julia Roberts
Julia Roberts is founder of Support for Special Needs and has been a regular contributor since its inception in May 2010. A mom to two kids with special needs, she didn't want other parents to feel what is the often isolating world of raising a child (or two!) with disabilities. Her kids had kidney transplants at the age of eight and will need liver transplants in the future as a result of ARPKD/CHF. They both have vision disorders and learning disabilities.