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Make Moving Less Stressful for Your Children

Moving house can be a wonderful prospect. It can mean a new life, a new set of opportunities, new friends to meet. But it can also mean anxiety and the need for deft financial management. Of course, this is normal. But if it’s stressful for you, just imagine how it could be for your children. Sure, they might not have the weight of organization, signing mortgage transfer papers or trying to find the best moving companies to work with but moving home can be stressful for children in a range of other ways.


You have experience of different forms of living and new locations, they likely don’t. It is quite literally shifting the anchor of everything they know, and that’s not to mention those who move abroad. Is it harmful to children? Of course not, if achieved correctly. But should this stress go unattended? Probably not, no.

So, let us consider how you can make this move less stressful for your child or children, in an easy, approachable manner. After all, you likely have a lot to deal with right now. So let us begin:


Visit The New Home


Visiting a new home can be a worthwhile thing to do. This is because they also need to picture the new life they are moving to, and what they might expect. Take a view visits there, particularly after you own the deed and are planning to move to the home. Walk around the local town, go for lunch, and show them the school they might attend. Talk about where their bedroom is, and how they might decorate the walls. When they understand where they are going, they have something to look forward to rather than an unknown to fear. This can be especially important if moving over a distance of many hundred miles, perhaps even to another country.

Use Professional Services


You will likely have plenty on your plate when trying to figure out your best progression for moving. However, without the use of extremely professional services, this can lead to more stress for you, and as a result, more stress for your child. Use moving companies that are proven to move the belongings of residential families with care, attention, and respect. Ensure that you take a break from your driving with plenty of stops, and visit comforting service stop stations to recuperate. Ensure that the home is set up for when you arrive, so you needn’t spend a night without hot water. If you can do all of this, you are sure to make the moving experience much less stressful for all. And that truly does count for something.

Manage The Timeline

It can be important to take breaks when traveling a long distance, but sometimes, it could be beneficial to ensure that’s broken up even further. Instead of driving from one end of your country to the other within a short span of time, make it into an experience. Spend a night in a hotel, drive some more, and then relax again. This way you can never allow the toils of the road to take that much of a toll on you or your family.

With our advice here, we hope you can move home without applying too much stress to your children.  Have you moved with children before? What is your best piece of advice about moving with kids?

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  1. These are great tips! When my son and his family purchased a new home, my toddler grandson was terrified of going upstairs. After a few visits to their new house, he was fine.

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  2. It's really nice to avail of professional services especially if they offer reasonable and affordable prices for you. Super convenient and helpful and makes moving faster.

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  3. Excellent advice! I can remember how stressed out my son was when we moved across town and he had to switch schools. It took him some time to adjust and make new friends in the neighborhood.

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  4. Great ideas. We're a military family so we've moved often. It did help to show the kids where we'd be moving to next and to learn about our area.

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  5. These are some great tips. I hate when it's time to move because it is very stressful. Last time I was super last minute but managed to pull it off in less than a week without losing my mind.

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  6. If it's stressful for adults, I imagine it's just as stressful for kids to make a move. We let the girls pick out their own room colors before moving into our new place to help them feel more excited about the change.

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  7. Those are all great tips, sometimes we forget that little ones need more time to adjust to changes

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  8. Moving with children can be a lot of fun too! It can become a beautiful family adventure!

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  9. Moving from one property to another is no joke. I don't think kids are the best who can cope up with it. Your tips are on point.

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  10. Ice Cream n Sticky Fingers1:51 PM

    We moved at the end of June and it went well. The only issue we ran into was last minute approval before getting the keys. We were approved but our lease wasn't available for printing from their home office. Thankfully, it worked out and I was able to get the keys so we could move in on time. But I was stressing out just a tad because I wanted to pull of the move that weekend.

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  11. We had our kids go with us when we were house hunting - especially if it was something that had a good possibility of being a purchase. Their input was important.

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  12. My son was only 7-years-old when we moved to the U.S. but fortunately, he didn't have problems at all; he adapted immediately. But I did explain to him where we're going, etc.

    -LYNNDEE

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  13. I always find that being completely open and honest with them works best. So, explaining, answering questions etc. helps.

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