Moving With Kids To Louisville

Moving Can Be Easier For Your Kids - Some Helpful Tips!

It makes no difference if you’re moving across town in here in Louisville or across country, moving is both physically difficult and emotionally draining. When you’re ready to search for homes and start fact-finding for a particular Louisville neighborhood, be sure you have a plan for dealing with the stresses associated with moving your family to Louisville.

As soon as practical, it is recommended you create a moving notebook and start planning how to make a smoother transition for you and your kids. Compile a master to-do list and establish a timetable that extends from your house-hunting date to after you have moved into your Louisville home, townhome or condo. This checklist will help you along your journey of moving to Louisville.

• Deal with the expectations and fears of moving by sitting down with your family and discussing everyone’s feelings about the move to Louisville.
• Offer to your kids an easy-to-understand explanation why you have to move to Louisville and once you have selected a home, provide as much information as possible about their new neighborhood.
• Handle your children’s goodbyes and allow them to express sadness so they can move on emotionally as well as physically. Idea - consider throwing a moving party. Encourage the children to create address and autograph books with their friends.
• Help your kids make a list of things they should look forward to at their new Louisville home. Help them remember the good memories from the location they’re leaving.
• Help your kids create a photo album of all their favorites places and pictures of their best friends. Be sure to include their contact information.
• Help your kids identify toys and clothing they have outgrown and encourage them to donate them to charity or schedule a yard sale.
• Have a family friend or relative help care for your children and pets on moving day.
• Kids are creative! Have them color their moving boxes of their belongings and personalize them for the move.
• Create an “important-document children’s kit” to hand-carry to your new location.

Include the following important items:

• Birth certificates
• Social Security numbers
• Insurance ID cards
• A copy of medical, dental and optical records
• School transcripts and referral letters

These tips will help your kids deal with the difficult moments during and after their move. It will also help create positive memories to cherish long after they have moved to their new home in Louisville.

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