User Article Submissions
Would you like to post an article, a blog? We would love for you to submit your articles, your stories and messages of hope to others! There are, however a few basic ground rules that come with that responsibility.
You MUST be a registered member of R.A.D. online! (On the exception of guest speakers)
You MUST be a registered member for no less than 24 hours.
Your article can link to your website or blog, but intentional spamming will not be tolerated.
Graphic articles must have a "Graphic Warning". Shocking stories are normal with R.A.D. but we need to prepare our viewers for such stories. Stories with excessive gore or sexual details will be subject to review on a case by case basis.
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We encourage our users to post their stories, blogs, and messages of hope to the rest of our community. Without your generous words of encouragement, many will continue to suffer with R.A.D. quietly and in shame.
We thank you for your submission and hope that other's will find the much needed solace and peace in your article.
I’m sharing this because I would like to hear other people’s perspectives and because I am hoping it might be helpful to others…
Before our two children came to us we did a lot of reading and one theme that kept coming up was that adoptive parents need to support their children in grieving their losses, and give them opportunities to grieve them. We tried to come up with creative ways to do this, including using music and stories. But one thing that I would add – and I’d be interested in people’s thoughts on this – is that I think it’s also important to let the kids know that you as parents grieve their losses too.
I’ve had several experiences with my daughter (she is the one of our two children who is most visibly and verbally dealing with attachment issues) that I would never have planned and might have wanted to avoid, but I think they’ve been beneficial. Here are three stories:
1) My kids have an older brother they were separated from because of safety concerns. There was a...