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[professionalcockney]

I'm looking for advice on moving house. It will be me, DD (8) and DH.

We will be moving away from my fairly big family with a DB who is great help for childcare and friendship but not much help/support/interaction from or with the other siblings in the family.

Main issue is DD not having a close relationship with the other cousins - while they aren't super super close, they do get on well at family occasions and DD goes to school with one of DB's children so they see each other on a daily basis.

Will this affect her in the future?

Abuse , neglect and trauma effect kids in the future
Having family that live a distance away does not

In what way do you think it will effect her OP? What are you thinking?

I mean, i am an only child to 2 only child parents so have no cousins. I like to think i'm normal :)

My DCs - 3 of them have cousins they knew when they were small but never see now. Family estranged due to divorce. They are in their late teens/20s. All fine about it. No damage.

My youngest (7) has cousins she only sees about twice a year at family do's. They play. They go home. We see vid's of them on whatsapp. MIL talks about them a lot.

My DH (40s) has loads of cousins he hasn't seen since he was in his 20s. His mum is always banging on about them but he honestly couldn't really care less. Half of them are complete pain in the arse anyway

Will she feel left out or miss out on having a close relationship with them?

No