Helping Your Children Move

Helping Your Children Move

  • Brenda O’Brien
  • 09/11/23
As you start planning your Move to Tucson, be sure to pay special attention to the kids. Moving to a new home is a huge event for them, much more so than it is for us adults.
 
Make sure they get involved in the planning and packing and help them get excited about their new home in Tucson. Here are some ways to involve them in the process and help them with the big Tucson Moving Adventure.

  1. Show the children the new home in Tucson and their new room prior to moving. If this is not possible, pictures or videos will help them visualize where they are going.

  2. Making the move to Tucson can be frightening, assure your children that you won’t forget their friends.

  3. Help them make a scrap book of their friends, the old home and neighborhood.

  4. When you start packing, give them their own box. They can decorate it however they want so they know which one is theirs.

  5. If you moving from far away buy postcards as you drive to your new home in Tucson so they can remember the trip.

  6. When unpacking, allow them to unpack their treasures then, let them play with the boxes while you’re unpacking the rest.

  7. Start a Tucson Kids Scrap Book with them for their new home. Include a diary of “My first…”

  8. Making the move easier might involve visiting their new school in Tucson prior to their first day so they are not so scared to go, Take a camera and get photos of them and their new Tucson Schools to email to their friends back home.

  9. Help your children invite new friends over to the house.

  10. Let them choose a new favorite restaurant. This will help them feel in control of their new world.

  11. Encourage them to send letters & emails about their new home, to their friends.

  12. Involve your children in groups, sports, and activities like the ones they used to participate in back home.

  13. Remember, even if you only lived in your old home a few years, to a young child it is nearly their entire lifetime!

  14. Show them some of the fun things awaiting them in Tucson like: Breakers Water ParkThe Tucson Children’s Museum, and introduce them to Bear Essential News.
Brenda O’Brien

Brenda O’Brien

REALTOR®, Associate Broker, ABR, CRS, GRI, SRS

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The team leader, trainer, & driving force of the Brenda O’Brien team. One client stated, “Brenda provides that dynamic balance of incredible service and motivation with warmth, energy, and understanding of your individual needs.” Her years of experience as a Real Estate Agent, beginning in 1993, are reflected in her success & passion for her work. Her personal energy & professional skill make her one of the best in her field. Nothing makes her happier than to see the total satisfaction of her clients with their new homes. Rosey Koberlein, CEO of Long Companies, said “Brenda is a leader who knows how to deliver quality service to her clients every day while at the same time embraces emerging business techniques, such as her strong online presence. She is a role model for aspiring sales associates in the community & across the nation.

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