We raised our daughter in China and Cambodia. Now she's not sure she wants to leave Los Angeles.

The author's family moved to China and Cambodia for four years. Courtesy of the author I still think about the years my family spent living in China and Cambodia. My daughter remembers very little of our life abroad because she was so young. Her attachment to home has made me rethink my own ideas about adventure and belonging. I showed my daughter a video of her gnawing on a chicken claw, back when we lived in China. "Eww," she says, annoyed that I'm asking her to look away from Roblox. "Do...