Introduction | p. 1 |
Getting Ready: Preparing Children and Families for the Trip | |
Facing Fears and Empowering Children- Before the Trip | p. 9 |
A Homeland Tour Preparation Primer Practical Preparation Tips, Ideas and Project | p. 15 |
Preparing Children for a Return Trip | p. 23 |
Before You Pack Developments Considerations in Placing a Heritage Trip | p. 29 |
The Art of Chinese Gift Giving | p. 36 |
Travel Medicine Preparing for Homeland Trips | p. 42 |
Back to Where It All Began A Consultation and Therapeutic Model for Family and Country Connections Post-Adoption | p. 53 |
Choosing Group or Independent Travel | |
The Group Travel Experience | p. 63 |
On Our Own Adventures in Independent Travel | p. 71 |
The Independent Travel Option Unexpected Joys and Complexities of a Personalized Adoption Journey | p. 81 |
Making Connections in China | |
Roots and Routes A Narrative in Belonging | p. 91 |
Six Degrees of Separation Nurturing Networks and Creating Connections in China | p. 102 |
Experiencing Life in Rural China | p. 110 |
Heritage Trips for Two Generations | p. 121 |
The Heart of the Matter: Visiting the Orphanage, Finding Site and Foster Family | |
p. 133 | |
A Rock and a Hard Place | p. 142 |
History, Pride, Self-Confidence What My Daughter Learned in China | p. 153 |
Through the Crucible A Difficult Orphanage Visit Somehow Eases the Pain of Loss | p. 162 |
Walking Down the Village Path | p. 171 |
Out and About in China-Or Not Making the Decision About How to Present Our Family at the Orphange | p. 177 |
There's No Place Like Home Mitchell Klein | p. 186 |
My Second Trip of a Lifetime | p. 195 |
Traveling with Children Who Face Emotional Challenges | |
Good Intentions, Difficult Consequences | p. 209 |
Traveling with a Traumatized Child | p. 218 |
Primary Sources: Adoptees' Own Experiences of Returning to China | |
Three on the Road in South China | p. 231 |
Returning Home Step by Step | p. 237 |
Coming Full Circle | p. 244 |
Good Night Moon, Goodnight Mom | p. 253 |
Extending the Trip: Living in China Temporarily | |
Making the Homeland "Home" | p. 267 |
Six Months in China The Good, The Bad and the Ugly | p. 276 |
Living Behind the Great Wall | p. 287 |
Home Again: Lasting Impact of the Trip | |
What the Children Have Taught Me | p. 303 |
"Owning" a Little Piece of China | p. 316 |
Thoughts for Further Inquiry: What the Research Tells Us | |
Chinese Views on International Adoption | p. 327 |
Searching for Origins Parent and Child Perspectives on Return Trips to China | p. 338 |
Acknowledgments | p. 352 |
Contributors | p. 355 |
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