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[quote=Anonymous]It sounds like your son developed RAD. Reactive Attachment Disorder. These don't just happen. Did anyone these ever happen to your ds?

RAD and other attachment disorders occur when a child has been unable to consistently connect with a parent or primary caregiver. If a young child repeatedly feels abandoned, isolated, powerless, or uncared for—whatever the reason—they will learn that they can’t depend on others and that the world is a dangerous and frightening place.

This can happen for many reasons:

A baby cries and no one responds or offers comfort.
A baby is hungry or wet, and they aren’t attended to for hours.
No one looks at, talks to, or smiles at the baby, so the baby feels alone.
A young child gets attention only by acting out or displaying other extreme behaviors.
A young child or baby is mistreated or abused.
Sometimes the child’s needs are met and sometimes they aren’t. The child never knows what to expect.
The infant or young child is hospitalized or separated from their parents.
A baby or young child is moved from one caregiver to another (the result of adoption, foster care, or the loss of a parent, for example).
The parent is emotionally unavailable because of depression, illness, or substance abuse.[/quote]

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