So picked up the kids from school right after seeing the apartment, telling them about it ... and DS#1 (who's 6yo) finally reacted to the whole moving thing. "I'm scared." So I say (totally forgetting my "How to Talk ..." lessons
), "There's nothing to be scared of, we're only moving 30 blocks away, and besides, we're all doing it together."
Bad me. Am supposed to acknowledge the feelings, right? "You're worried about moving," or "you're scared about going to a new place," or something like that, right?
From what I read they do tell you to acknowledge their feelings otherwise they will just keep it in. They also said to go to room to room of your house and tell each room goodbye and talk about memories from each room. Try to set up the kids rooms first and try to set them up similar to how they were in your old house.
Here are some links I found
Kids and moving Moving
What Kids Who are Moving Should do Smooth Moves
How is it going so far? Every week my nine yr old keeps telling me she isn't moving and I found out she is scared about having an ugly old house! When we went house hunting this summer every house was outdated. We have a house that is updated. My biggest fear is that it will be haunted
We watched the Sixth Sense last week to check out the Philly scenes.