Due to where we lived when my kids started school they don’t go to school in the town we live in. When we moved house we didn’t move them school because it wasn’t really a huge hassle to drop them off and they were happy and settled.
Today one of my children mentioned being left out at playtime/lunchtime and it got me thinking more about something that’s been playing on my mind for a while.
I’ve always been concerned that not living in the town they go to school will have negative impacts on friendships - we obviously don’t walk to and from school and see other kids on the way, the kids can’t just go to the park and play with people they’d play with at school, we’ve never had any play dates (would struggle anyway as I work though tbf). I really do worry that they’re not making those close friendships that they could or should be.
This has been concerning me for a while but today has made this even worse and I’m now thinking do we move house to that town? It wouldn’t be ideal as the house we live in now would need a bit of work to sell but I really just want to give them the best start. It’s obviously a huge decision.
For info I definitely wouldn’t move them to a school in the town we live in. I’d move house before I’d move them school.
Any advice really would be appreciated, maybe from parents in a similar boat.