I am not an adoptive parent but I do long term therpeutic foster parenting for older kids, my youngest ever being 11. I must say that the majority of my kids I would think are RAD, but because they only deal with the system's psych, they hardly ever get diagnosed. That being said, I was wondering how you did it with your 5 yr old? My 11 y.o foster daughter whom will be with me for the next 7 yrs, I feel has atleast RAD. She lies habitually about everything, has eneuresis, started with putting bowel movement toilet paper in the trash instead of in the toilet, has tentatively put it on the curtain (feces), and her new one is smearing boogers on her wall near her bed...has no personal hygene skills to speak of. she has just started the smearing over the last couple of months. She has lived with me for a year and a half. She laughs when others get hurt, and when being disciplined, talked to, yelled at, anything of that nature that requires a serious demeanor, she has to fight back the laughter. it isn't a nervous laugh either, you can see something different in her eyes. i know how that sounds, but it is true. I have a 17.5 yr old whom has nervous laughter and it comes across extremely different. its just different. anyhow, i was wondering if you could give me advice on what you did for your 5 yr old. and i hope you recieved some help with your 10 yr old. thanks
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