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I dont know much about RAD but I do know that only children crave companionship from other kids and sometimes will find families with other kids to just "hang out " with . I have 4 Bchildren of my own and a Godson who was an only child . Josh was always at our house and said it was because we had brothers and sisters that he loved to be there . We did not have a problem with that and Josh became a member of the family and went on all our family trips and vacations with us. His mom was a single parent and he was a wonderful boy. He is turning 21 this month and is in the Navy. He was home this summer for a short leave and spent most of the time with us at the lake and fam cookouts and such. I love Josh as if he were one of my children and we went to all his school functions with him as if he were. I dont know what my life would have been like without him and dont want to know .
We are adopting our 2 nieces through the foster system and they would hide or hord food. I know it is part of the fact that they were not fed and were severly neglected til they came to live with us . At first I wondered was it that I was not giving them enough on their dinner plates and then talked to an counselor . That is when I found out that they were suffering from a post tramatic stress disorder and they were set up in therapy . Now they still like to hide candy but that is "normal" . The food hidden in the room has pretty much stopped . The candy is not a big issue for us and they dont hide alot or all the time . If you have a problem with food hiding or hording talk to a counselor or therapist and decide with them if it is a problem or just a phase . Kids , even "normal" kids often go through that phase and grow out of it almost as fast as they got into it .
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