Helping your child(ren) with a move

·         Show the children the new home and their new room prior to moving. If this is not possible, pictures or videos will help them visualize where they are going.

·         Assure children that you won't forget their friends.

·         Make a scrap book of the old home and neighborhood.

·         Throw a good-bye party. At the party have their friends sign a tee shirt.

·         Have your children write good-bye letters and enclose their new address. You may wish to call the other children's parents so they will encourage return letters.

·         When packing, give them their own box. They can decorate it so they know which one it is.

·         If you move far away buy postcards when you stop so they can remember the trip.

·         When unpacking, allow them to unpack their treasures then, have them play with the boxes while you unpack.

·         Start a scrap book for their new home. Include a diary of My first...

·         Visit their new school, park, church etc... Take a camera.

·         Help your children invite new friends over to the house.

·         Let them choose a new favorite restaurant. This will help them feel in control of their new world.

·         Encourage them to send letters about their new home, to their friends.

·         Involve your children in groups, sports, and activities like the ones they used to participate in.

·         Remember even if you only lived in a home a few years to a young child it is nearly their entire lifetime!