30 January, 2019

Moving to a new home or a new city can be difficult for families with no prior experience. When young children come into the picture, though, moving can present additional challenges. Here are three tips for how to make moving easier with young children.

Keep Them Entertained

When young children get bored, they often trend to fiddle around with things around them to create some type of entertainment. Moving is already stressful, so it’s important to keep your kids occupied with something to do in the meantime. Simple things such as books or an iPad can keep them entertained throughout the moving process. In addition, tasking them with small moving duties can help alleviate some of its stress.

Begin The Process Earlier

Moving with young children will be an almost entirely different process than it would be with just yourself or significant other. It’s important that young children grasp an idea of what is going on before you begin to pack up their belongings. One should anticipate to start the moving process a couple weeks or even months earlier when children are apart of the picture. Whether it is setting up a move-in date or finding a new home for unwanted furniture, it’s never too early to begin.

Create a Thought Out Schedule

Creating a move out schedule will keep the process afloat and is necessary when young children are apart of the picture. Although unanticipated events may arise, it’s important to keep weekly move out goals in mind when navigating through the process. If you plan on having the kids’ rooms all packed and cleaned by the certain date, your kids should be aware of this and aid your family in doing so.

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