[Essay] When Love and Safety Collide in Foster Care
After everything, you are allowed to tell the truth about what happened in your home. A reflection on foster care, RAD and the importance of supporting families in crisis.
Reflections on Trauma & Parenting
Love, Fear and Other Contradictions
This page is a collection of personal reflections from my experience parenting a child with Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) and complex trauma-related behaviors. These writings are not meant to be clinical advice or universal truths, just an honest account of a complicated and isolating experience that profoundly impacted our family.
[Essay] Parenting a Child with Severe Trauma and RAD
For a long time, I questioned my own memory of what happened, especially after repeatedly being told that we ourselves may have been contributing to the situation.
[Essay] When a Placement Turns Into a Safety Crisis: One Family’s Reflection
A foster-to-adopt journey that became a safety crisis — reflecting on RAD, disclosure, sibling impact and why love without support isn’t enough.
