Katie, an abused, neglected, and poorly attached child, spent the first years of her life with parents who cared little about her. As a result she is an angry, unhappy, and manipulative kid. Is there any hope for her to grow up and become a healthy and happy adult? In BUILDING THE BONDS OF ATTACHMENT Dr. Daniel Hughes follows Katie through her life with abusive birth parents and many foster homes, showing how therapeutic parenting combined with specialized therapy… More >>
Building the Bonds of Attachment: Awakening Love in Deeply Troubled Children
This book was hard to put down. It is written in a style that makes it easier to read and should be a must read for all expectant parents, because undoing the damage caused by poor parenting is such a difficult and too often impossible task.
Rating: 5 / 5
WE have adopted 3 children. Two of those children have RAD…One of them is severe. This book helped me put things into perspective! Well written and interesting. I would definitely recommend this book to parents of children with RAD!
I read it a couple of years ago, but decided to get one for myself so that I can read it more often!
Rating: 5 / 5
My grandson has RAD and this book was recommeded to his parents to read. I read it once and found it to be excellent in understanding him and his thinking. I have ordered a copy for myself so I can refer back to it. This is a must read book if you have a child w/RAD.
Rating: 5 / 5
I’m not one to promote books usually, and I’ve never written an online book review, but Bonds of Attachment by Daniel Hughes is a well-written, tearjerking, rooting for the character book to promote :) It’s a MUST READ for:
**Mental health professionals
**Child and family therapists
**Social workers working with foster children
**Teachers
**Day care workers
**Parents with children who have difficulty connecting
**Parents who have children with “behavior problems”
**Adults who have an abuse/neglect childhood history
and just about anyone else.
This book has been a huge influence on me, both personally and professionally. I can’t brag about it enough. It’s a case history of a little girl in Maine. The story covers some of her parents background,but mostly it focuses on the journey of a little girl named Katie. Details are written about her experience as well as her case worker, therapist(s), and foster families. It’s educational, insightful, emotional, and helpful. I didn’t want the book to end. I’m hooked on Daniel Hughes’ work. A+++
Rating: 5 / 5
I found this book to be very informative & well written. It is the first book I have read regarding RAD since my son was diagnosed with attatchment issues.
I found that I could relate to many of the behaviours detailed in the book & it has given me invaluable insight into the confusing and painful world where my son sometimes dwells.
I would have liked a more comprehensive guide into the guidelines for parenting a child with these problems – though I have already tracked down three other books that this one refers to.
All in all a very good starting point. I now have the knowledge that I can learn to parent him in this compassionate and unconventional way.
An inspiration that there is hope that these children can be healed.
Rating: 4 / 5