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I am new to this group and need some guidance, if possible. Over a year ago, we adopted AP who was 2 yrs old at the time. He had immediate problems with behavior (which is to be expected), but he got worse and worse. He has been diagnosed with RAD (reactive attachment disorder) and is getting treatment. Although I stayed home with him for the first 5 months and have hired every service provider imaginable, he and our family are very unhappy. He is a typical RAD kid, whereby he is violent, enjoys bulling kids, abuses the animals, manipulates every situation, lies, and is violent toward his daycare teachers, including choking one. Probably the worst, though, is that he will have 2-3 hour tantrums where he screams like nothing one could even imagine. He is full of rage and very unhappy at our house.
Anyway, my conundrum is that we are just beginning to think about dissolution to make AP's life better as well as our own (we have a 7 yr old bio child and am prego and due soon). I am deathly afraid he is going to hurt/kill the baby b/c he enjoys hurting anyone who is smaller than him. So, this whole time we've thought that God led him to us and vice versa. We've prayed more than you could imagine and continue to do so. I don't want to keep him here if he is miserable and could be happier elsewhere. I guess I have the age old question of what does God want us to do. Any advice or suggestions?
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Have you tried taking a break? I don't know about where you are, but we ha e respit available after adoption. Why not take a holiday and relax a little. Sometimes we get too worked up and don't always feel in control. Being away from him for a little while might give you a little more perspective and it is good for the kids too. Don't be afraid to ask others to pray for you either. I know a lot of people think they are not supposed to ask for prayer, but it can help just knowing that others are praying for you.
I think that when you have exhausted the tools that God has provided( "every service provider imaginable"), that you are getting the answer from God. It's time to let him go on. There are other families and there is another family who can continue to help him heal. Just because you weren't able to see him fully healed, does not mean that it was your purpose to begin with. Perhaps your family was what was needed then and now something else is necessary.
I am a big believer in going where the flow takes me. If the way seems shut, and there is another path, then perhaps the other path is the one I am supposed to go down. I feel that God opens doors when the time is right or as the scripture says in Ecclesiastes 3:1, To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven.
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We cannot have children and are looking to adopt a younger child. Please contact me, natacha.musser@gmail.com.
I sincerely hope we can help.