[ButterflyBlue77]

I have friends, who are looking into kinship adoption of a sibling group of three. Now, I've been looking into foster care adoption for some time, but it was just sprung on them. They are extremely excited, but something in her last email to me sent off a little warning bell:

The oldest girl, around 6 years old, I think, started calling them "mommy and daddy" the first afternoon they met. They didn't ask her to or tell her to. They are taking this as a good sign. I am wondering if it signals an attachment problem.

I don't know, though, what the girl had been told by her foster mother, or anyone else involved in the case. I don't know much about her at all, except her age.

Is this kind thing necessarily a sign of RAD, or can it be a lesser attachment problem?

Can anyone recommend websites I can tactfully point them to?

Thanks!