by Erica Beiser

Keep in mind, that the moving process for small children rates right up there with green beans!! You have to make it fun, a new experience, an adventure!! Fortunately, there are lots and lots of things that need tending to when moving.

Let your children sort through their toys and pick the ones that they can donate. When you make the trip to the donation site, let the kids lead the way – it makes them feel important.

Let your kids pick the color of their new room, it’s only paint!! Or better yet a theme, like baseball, dinosaurs, or princesses.

Try to get your kids hyped up about all the “new” stuff in their new town. And best of all, their new school! All chilren love to play with new kids. Try to get as much information about activites in your new area. You may be able to get further information from your move coordinator at Barrett Moving and Storage.

Children adjust rather well to moving, as long as they are reassured that with change will get for the better, and that soon enough everything will go back to normal. Smile and Happy moving.

by Erica Beiser

Let’s be honest, who would want to leave behind their school and friends? Not many children would, but this is a tough reality of moving when small children are involved. In a larger than life world, everything they know and rely on as normal, will change drastically during the moving process.

Parents should try to explain the reason behind moving, i.e. job, family, etc. Be prepared for you child to “vent.” They may do naughty things, be irritable and act out. This is a normal process that all children go through. Try to redirect their attention. Make them part of the “adventure.” Have fun with the normal tasks of the move process.

Give children a moving box and packing paper and have them pack up their “special toys.” Let them pick where there favorite stuffed animals will go, for example. Let them write their namew on their boxes for their rooms. Let them know that they can help decorate their new room. To help improve the outlook for children, make it a family activity to get information about the new home town they will be moving to – parks, playgrounds, school activities, fairs, etc. This information can be located a variety of ways, such as the internet, local Chamber of Commerce, local news papers, and possibly your move coordinator.

Everyone at Barrett Moving and Storage will do what they can to make a move as easy and fun for all, not the dreaded chore!! Children as well as parents should try to have a very positive outlook, and the process will not be as tough of a transition for anyone. Smile and Happy Moving!!