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We all know how stressful the moving process can be for adults. For children of all ages, this process can be much more difficult, sometimes even traumatic. It is important to realize, even as you are immersed in the difficult and time consuming process of preparing for the move, to address with care and consideration the special needs that children may before during and following the move.

The most important think is to keep the communication channels open and talk to your kids about the move, about how they feel about it. Some children may feel excited and even elated about the move. Others may be sad to lose friends or to part with favorite places. Let your children express their happiness or sadness, do not dismiss their emotions as unimportant. Remember, some things that may seem trivial to you in the busy process of the move may be of extreme importance to a child.

An important aspect to understand is that many times children feel that they have no control over the decision to move to another place. Parting with friends is a difficult process and emotions of anger and helplessness may follow. Treat emotional reactions with sensitivity. Try to explain your decisions and reasonings. A tough -because I said so- approach may simply increase frustrations and

make the moving process, even the integration in a new environment, more difficult.

Try to involve the children in the process of the packing. Even if you're children are very young actual involvement in the packing process may help to turn the process of emptying their room and packing their books, toys, clothes etc. into a more rational and less stressful process. On the actual move day you way want to plan a fun filled day for the children to spend with relatives and friends. This will achieve two things at the same time. First of all you will be free to deal with the movers and make all the last minutes arrangements that need to be done. In addition to that it will give your children something to look forward to for the day of the move. Spending the moving day with grandma and grandpa in Disneyland, for example, is something to expect with excitement. This may ease the stress related with the move and make the children feel more at ease, perhaps even look forward for the move.

Remember, always talk to your children about any subject related to the move, no matter how insignificant it may seem to you as an adult. No matter how busy you are with the process of the move they should always feel free to come to you and discuss their emotions and concerns.