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Keeping Ties After Adoption
Help Your Child Hold on to Heritage
By Julie Laatsch-Kitchen
1. How old were your children when you traveled with the Ties Program? 
Our sons were 15 and 11 when we traveled. They were both adopted from Korea – arrived at 4 months from Holt and 6 months from Eastern Social Welfare, respectively. Our 16-year-old, Ryan Jin Ho, was a perfect age for the trip. Our 11-year-old, Justin Jang Soo, was perhaps a year younger than would have been optimal, since some of the experiences went over his head, but he still gained a lot of insight and experience from the trip.
