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  1. Adoptive Families Who Need Support Are Finally Getting a Voice

    10/26/10 9:18am by christinemoers
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    Mom Hugging Son

    This month the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute released a 98-page research study titled “Keeping the Promise: The Critical Need for Post-Adoption Services to Enable Children and Families to Succeed.” This report compiles the most exhaustive collection of post-adoption service information to date. Its thrust is to convince the adoption community to move its focus from being centered mostly around creating families through adoption, to balancing this with supporting these children and families after placements are made.  Read more >

  2. Was Humanitarian Parole the Best Thing for Haitian Orphans?

    8/11/10 12:07pm by christinemoers
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    Pictures of Haitian Orphans

    In seven months, the news of the January 12th earthquake in Haiti has slowed to a trickle. Fundraising has taken a back seat to more current news. Talk of orphans and amputees are buried well behind the headlines. The mass of adoption requests has returned to a normal level. Yet, there is still a Haiti. There are still orphans. There are now court dates and adoption finalizations occurring. Unfortunately, there are also around a dozen Haitian children in the United States who do not have a home, and their future continues to be uncertain.  Read more >

  3. The Online Mom Blind Date

    3/14/10 1:38pm by christinemoers in Family Connections Comments (5)
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    I did it last week.  I flew to Florida to meet up with eight other women ... NONE of whom I had ever met in real life. Oh yeah.  I was excited, but totally about to poo my pants.  I mean, what if we all hated each other?  What if everyone liked everyone else EXCEPT me?  What if we had that one mom show up who would tell the rest of us how we were doing everything wrong?  ACK!   Read more >

  4. My name is Christine, and I play Farmville

    2/12/10 9:52am by christinemoers in Family Connections Comments (2)
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    When my first Farmville update shot out on my Facebook update, I was inundated with remorseful cries."No!""They got you, too?""Say it isn't so!"Yet, here I sit, 31 levels later, and I refuse to walk away.  What started as a curiosity has now turned into a full-fledge family experience ... and I will not apologize for it.  Read more >

  5. Should We Adopt From Haiti? Should We Not? Yes.

    2/8/10 11:53am by christinemoers
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    In the weeks since the January 12th earthquake that rocked the island of Haiti, there has been a tremendous increase in adoption inquiries.  As the rest of the world watches, we cannot help but hurt and hope and desperately seek ways to help.  Pictures of orphans and news stories of destruction cause us all to want to grab a passport and come home with as many children possible.It is normal.Yet, it is not practical.  At this point in time, it is also not best.   Read more >

  6. Therapeutic Parenting video series

    2/7/10 9:31am by christinemoers in Parenting Children with Special Needs Comments (0)
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    Just FYI - in the spirit of making special needs parenting resources more accessible (and FREE!), I have started a video series on therapeutic parenting:http://www.youtube.com/user/christinemoersChristinewww.welcometomybrain.net  Read more >

  7. Handling the nay-sayer's when so much of you is online

    2/6/10 3:49pm by christinemoers in Family Connections Comments (4)
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    I have always been one of those people who is "in front of" others a lot.  My dad was a pastor and for a long while, so was my husband.  I have spent years in the proverbial "glass house."  Yet, writing and/or blogging online opens you up to a vat of oppenness beyond what most of us experience.  Anyone ... like, ANYONE ... can just hop right into those comments, rip you a new one, and toodle off on their merry way.  Read more >

  8. Parenting Traumatized Children: Sometimes We Can Make It Worse

    2/3/10 5:00am by christinemoers
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    First and foremost, let me get something out of the way - PARENTING TRAUMATIZED CHILDREN IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT THINGS ANY HUMAN CAN BE REQUIRED TO DO - EVER. It is hard. It is hard. It is hard, and every single day you will discover that it is quite HARD!  Read more >

  9. Do your kids pay for their own technology?

    1/29/10 9:50am by christinemoers in Family Connections Comments (1)
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    When I was a kid, backpacks were not on the list of school supplies.Not even calculators. I think my Trapper Keeper was the priciest thing, and some years I had to get the knock off versions.Yet, today, it seems that every kid has a cell phone, an iPod, the latest gaming system, a laptop ... you name it.  And there is an underlying current that some of these are necessities.  Read more >

  10. Raising Kids With Trauma Bonds

    1/28/10 5:00am by christinemoers
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    Trauma bonds. Mmmmm. It's a phrase which warms the cockles of some of our hearts. *cough* Children who come from traumatic histories share a bond ... a trauma bond. For children who have lived together during that trauma, it can be even more pronounced. What does this mean - this "trauma bond" thing?  Read more >

Christine Moers

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Christine Moers
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I'm crazy in love with the God that made me, and the hot, bald man He gave me. Our family was built through birth and transracial adoption. My kids are a mix of Tourettes, reactive attachment disorder and food allergies! We own and operate an RV park in south Texas. I have three holes in my nose and dreads. I am me. I am art.
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