http://www.treesandthings.com/story/2008/5/4/205816/9503 Raising someone else's kids can be challenging.  Sometimes you get a little more than you bargained for, such as Reactive Attachment Disorder.  Characterized by symptoms such as low self-esteem; needy, clingy or pseudo-independent behavior; inability to deal with stress and adversity; depression; apathy,susceptibility to chronic illness; obsession with food - hordes, gorges, refuses to eat, eats strange things, hides food, lack of self-control; inability to develop and maintain friendships; aliena en-us Sun, 4 May 2008 20:58:16 EST string http://www.treesandthings.com/search/