I am reading a great book right now on parenting kids with a background of trauma. It is called, “Raising Kids with Big Baffling Behaviors, “ by Robyn Gobbel. It’s a book I wish I had been able to read about 7 years ago when I first started encountering some pretty ‘baffling’ behaviors in our home. While the author doesn’t deal with behaviors as extreme as RAD, I have found that she nails two of my sons’ personalities. One falls into the category she calls the “Watchdog”, and the other is definitely a “Possum.” These two have very different personalities, and require very different parental reactions to the behaviors that come from their ways of dealing with felt danger. I am so thankful for the realization that my sons are not unique in their behaviors, and I’m also grateful for the tools that the author supplies to help me parent them in a better way. I am also beginning to understand some things about myself while reading this book. I am discovering which behaviors in my childr
