Excellent resource for children

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	• My China Workbook: a lifebook tool for kids adopted from China Beth O'Malley M.Ed Adoption Works Press, 2008 - 30 pages average customer review:based on 2 reviews view larger image
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Loved it!

My daughter and I made her lifebook together when she was 3.5 and we have read it many times since. She sometimes reads it to herself privately. We also talk frequently about all the issues/questions/feelings around her first year of life. Though Beth O'Malley's workbook covered much of the same ground, the fact that my daughter was filling in answers for herself felt different. Also, unlike the lifebook, which is largely a mother-written endeavor, the workbook was written by an adoption expert--and my daughter is getting to the stage where confirmation from a non-parent source matters!

This is an excellent resource in what I think of as a progression of lifebooks--the toddler lifebook (mainly photos), the small child lifebook
(photos plus more text and detail), this workbook, and eventually an
autobiography written by the teen adoptee. None of us ever really finishes writing our story, do we?

Claire McDonald
Mom to DD, age 7.5
President, Families with Children from Asia Winchester

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Excellent resource for children

I bought this not knowing whether it would be appropriate for my daughter, aged 7. It was, however, a perfect resource for her, guiding her gently to explore some of the facts and circumstances of her birth and life in China prior to my adopting her. She giggled at some questions, thought deeply about others, and seemed to really enjoy that she had the option to draw as well as to write (or dictate) her answers. We work on it together, some weeks a lot, and other weeks just a little. Like many things, creating this book is a process -- and a welcome one. I would highly recommend this to parents of children adopted from China.

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"What do my birth parents look like?" "Did I do something wrong?" "Why are so many Chinese girls put up for adoption?" Adoption expert, Beth O'Malley, provides you with an excellent tool that helps you answer these and other sometimes awkward questions. With fill-in-the blank questions, places for artwork, checklists and adoption homework; you and your child can work through the issues specific to being an adoptee from China.
Convenient cardstock pages take you step-by-step through your child's history in China, explaining about his/her biological parents, the adoption process and more. When your child asks questions, it opens the door for communication. That's one of the most important benefits of this lifebook.
Heavy-weight pages are punched for use in 3-ring binder. This gives you the freedom to personalize as needed. ( binder not included)

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