Moving and Your Children
During a move, an emotional response is to be expected in even the sturdiest of family members. While the grown-ups are figuring out what to do with packing, furniture, and creating a new household, the younger family members might feel an enormous emotional loss. It isn't just because they are going to lose their friends, but also because they will lose the familiarity of their home and the history it adds to their narrative. We're going to go over the issues kids can have while moving and ways parents can help them navigate their new surroundings.
Combined Stress
Moving can be stressful for the adults involved, but kids can easily pick up on their parents' emotions. Thus they can experience similar stress as well as having to compete with moving activities for their parents' attention. Also, a stressed-out parent is more likely to get upset or frustrated with their children. Because of this, many experts propose that kids spend a couple of days with friends or family.
Possibilities
Everyone will be happier and feel more in control if they're offered different options. A child will feel more comfortable when they're provided different sorts of choices during the move. To allow them to choose their own room, how they think the furniture should be arranged, or even selecting colors for decorations can enable a kid to feel more in control and less unhappy about the move.
Making New Friends
When the child goes online to ‘attend’ their new school online, establishing a rapport between themselves and their peers in an academic and online setting can be difficult. While that may be true, kids who had social or educational issues in their old school can be relieved by the 'clean slate' provided by the move. It is a lot easier for a child to identify what they were doing wrong and change it.
But, because of the virus, kids are going to struggle to fit into their new setting in a way they never have before. Clubs, extracurricular activities, and hobbies can’t be shared right now, meaning a child will need more parental attention than in previous years.
Keeping Up With Old Friends
If possible, let your kid Skype with old friends and family members from their previous community. It will help them realize that distance doesn't prevent them from keeping their old friends. It will also serve as a stabilizer, helping them settle into their new environment while maintaining some connection to their old one.
If you're a parent and want help with your move so you can have more time helping your child acclimate to the move, give us a call. We can help with a variety of packing and moving chores!
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