How to make house searching/moving easier on the kids

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We have two pre-schoolers and we are considering moving to a new area about an hour away in time for DD to start school next year. DD is getting very upset when we talk about looking at houses and moving in general.

Any tips to avoid it being too traumatic?. I will try and be out when people come and view our house. How do you handle taking them to view houses, only done one so far but it did unsettle her?

I'm sure she is worried about leaving the only house, area and people she has known. We just think it will be easier for them to move now before they start school.

we have two preschoolers and are in the process of moving and touch wood - ours seem fairly excited by it at the moment.

I think the key things are to be upbeat yourself (make it sound fun and exciting even when you are stressed by the whole prospect) and explain it as clearly as possible.

My DS1 was a bit worried until we figured out that he was worried that if we sold our current house, we wouldn't have anywhere to live. We explained that we would only sell our current house if we found somewhere even better to live, and that we would be taking all our toys and furniture and favourite things with us. I explained that it would be a bit like going on holiday, only he would get to take ALL his toys

Basically take time to explain and make sure they understand that you will all be moving together, nothing will be left behind, and you are moving because you have found a fantastic place to live that's even better.