Signs Of Adoption

There are many children adopted everyday, into wonderful homes. Some children can find their adoption a blessing or some children may find it a hatred or down fall in their life, due to the adoptive child’s personality. Some children who are adopted find it a blessing and end up being very happy. But some children obtain the opposite feelings. These children may end up having anger or even obtain attachment issues with there new family. There are many signs and factors that could be the reason this is happening in family’s that have adopted children. Most times when the child starts out having signs of attachment issues is when the parents think it is something to do with a behavioral problem. This is because most times when the child is adopted …show more content…
But most times when families star the process of adopting a child they don’t know how they will act or even feel when they get older about the situation of being adopted. Sometimes they will be okay and you wouldn’t know the difference from if you had the child or if you have adopted the child. But some children take it a lot harder and may form a disorder. This disorder may be something hard for the child to over come, or it may be an easy fix, depending on the child’s personality. Most children when they are adopted or even born don’t come with a manual on how they work because not one child is the same. But when you do adopt a child they do provide you with information about RAD. RAD (reactive attachment disorder) has two forms it can show up as, one way is when the children try to find comfort or affection from anyone they can find. So they will look for any kind of affection they can get even if its from a complete stranger. The other form of RAD is when the child doesn’t want any kind of affection or comfort from any adult they may know already (Berger). A lot of the time this disorder is triggered early in the child’s life. This is because most times when the child is in a foster home or a home with multiple children waiting to get adopted, they don’t get the caring nature that they could get with a stable relationship with a permanent mother or father. Or even the child may have experienced a traumatic event in their life at a young age. Like for example some children start out with the parents when the child is first born or even a few weeks to even years. But then because of a situation they get taken away due to negligence or abuse to the child, this effects the child because they are used to the parents and are then taken away from them. Even if you do not think it could effect the child it does. This event then ends up causing