Seven years ago my husband and I adopted a two year old boy from an orphanage outside Moscow. Although we were typical parents in our naivete, we were not prepared for the extremely difficult behaviors our son would present in the years subsequent to his placement with us.
I've been to many conferences on attachment and trauma on childhood development. I've read many books and have spoken to alot of "professionals" but still felt that the focus remained primarily on my traumatized son. But I was being traumatized, too. And it seems to me that there must be a safe place for moms to talk about this secondary trauma and learn more about it in order to help themselves.
