“We keep moving forward, opening new
doors, and doing new things, because we’re curious and curiosity keeps
leading us down new paths”. – Walt Disney
What is home? Home is where family is. Of course, where you reside
plays a major role in your day-to-day life & its many phases.
Highlighting such significance, relocation or moving can be a rather
physical and emotionally exhausting task, regardless the new
destination. It embarks a major turning point for each and every member
of the family, especially the kids.
Below are seven simple ways to prepare your kids & the family for a move:-
- Uphold Transparency about the Future
It is extremely important that you maintain honesty with your kids about moving.
Consider discussing the matter with an open mind and an understanding
attitude. They are bound to be cranky and repellent or furious when the
news is broke to them, but they deserve the truth. Besides, it’s not a
negative action that is to be commenced and so you need to make your
off-springs gain that perspective, which will make them adaptive in
nature (for the longer run).
- Encourage them to be involved in the process
The best way to inculcate interest and divert the kid’s minds’ onto
positivity and excitement is by involving them in the journey and making
them feel like they’re a significant part of the unit. You can initiate
by appointing them as the in-house movers & assistants by making
them do small jobs like packing their toys and personal belongings
according to their whims & fancies. This would keep them occupied
when in order to deal with the major transition.
- Seek Professional Guidance
Despite the efforts put in by the family, do not hesitate in approaching
professional movers
for commencing this job as they can help make the right space, manage
an efficient time & serve duties as to the deadlines set by you.
Some
moving companies also help navigate the new area
for various allied services like city orientation, school search, basic
confectioneries, etc. that helps an easy and happy adaptation to a
foreign environment!
- Choose the New House with proper consent of the entire family
Decision-making should be followed with a prominent say by each
member of the family, even the kids. This comforts the family into
realizing that the decision hasn’t been forced upon them & it is
what they want as well. For instance, you can ask them to give out their
opinion on the new place or permit the kids of selecting their
preferable wall colors and designs for their room, etc.
- Be Creative! Make a Memory Board
Children love artistic things. If you plan on extending a
long-distance move,
it is unsaid on how overwhelmed with agony would you feel to have
leaving your near & dear friends & family behind. At such a
transitional point, help your kid celebrate it with joy. Make a collage
of all the memorable moments with your friends & family and their
(kids’) favorite people. This memory board can later be hanged in their
room so as to make them feel happy and special.
- Be distinctively particular about handling the kids’ things’
Ensure that there is proper labeling on the boxes that belong to the
children. This is because kids can be very particular about their toys
when they want to play with it. Consider investing a mini backpack that
your child can easily carry throughout the move. Here, they can keep
their very favorites of all the toys they have that are bound to keep
them busy while on the go.
- Be at Home!
It is very important that you hold the feeling of home when at this
point as well. This means when you’re done with unpacking, do not forget
to hang on display the various pictures and beautiful moments captured
with your friends & family when while like in your previous home.
This will initiate a sense of familiarity for the entire family and make
you feel more welcome & adaptive.
Henceforth, it might take time to set things right before there’s
ease in sustainability, but the effort will always be worth it! As much
as an adventure it is to your kids, it is an experience you can’t
reencounter yourself. So, make sure that you make the most of it!
Resource:- Movers Fort Myers
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