Category: Complex Trauma
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Meet the Teacher Night doesn’t have to feel overwhelming. Learn how to introduce your child with Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD), build a positive relationship with their teacher, and lay the foundation for a successful school year without feeling like you have to explain everything in one conversation.
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Back-to-school season looks different when you’re raising a child with Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD). As both a special education teacher and a RAD mom, I’m sharing simple, practical ways to help your child feel prepared, supported, and confident before the first day of school.
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While the world celebrates, I watch my daughter brace for danger no one else can see. This is the reality of parenting a child with trauma during the holidays—why boundaries matter, why gifts aren’t harmless, and why love sometimes looks like retreating to protect a fragile heart.
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This year, we’re choosing peace over holiday chaos — because Christmas looks different when your child has RAD. Here’s how we’re building a calm, connected Christmas that actually works for our family.
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Most parents want to love their child unconditionally—but when trauma enters the picture, even the strongest families can feel caught in a web of conflict. Triangulation is one way children test loyalties and boundaries, often leaving parents feeling exhausted, frustrated, and unsure how to respond. In this post, I share what triangulation looks like, why…
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Every. Single. Thing. Is a battle. From socks to showers to lunch, my child with RAD fights for control over every moment- and the people who love her the most are the ones she fights the hardest. Here’s what it’s really like inside a RAD home.
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She looks perfect in public. But behind closed doors, it’s chaos, rage, and survival. This is what life with Reactive Attachment Disorder really looks like- and why masking is the first symptom we need to talk about.
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Parenting a child with trauma requires patience, structure, and deep love. For families raising a child with Reactive Attachment Disorder, safety plans and constant structure aren’t overreactions. They’re survival. This post offers a raw, honest look at what you don’t see behind closed doors- and what we wish the world understood. Before you judge, read…
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Parenting a child with Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) is nothing like typical parenting. Well-meaning comments like “She just needs love” or “Have you tried…?” can feel like daggers when you’re already giving everything you have. This post shares what not to say to RAD parents—and what to say instead. We don’t need advice. We need…
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Conversations primarily focus on abuse from older children towards parents, neglecting the experiences of parents with very young children exhibiting harmful behaviors. Parents facing such challenges seek understanding and support rather than judgment. They describe physical and emotional abuse from their children, highlighting their love and efforts in managing complex trauma-related behaviors.
