Transitional losses may be experienced through employment (lay-offs, downsizing, retirement) or even moving to a new community.
As adults, moving to a new community is exciting and may bring new opportunities, but your child may not feel the same way. It gets more and more difficult as they age and move through the school years. Sometimes a family can work around a physical move and time it to not interfere with school, but sometimes it is impossible. For example, military families don’t necessarily have a choice on when or where to move.
Communication before, during and after, is extremely important for a smooth transition. It doesn’t mean there won’t be tears or sadness, you can bank on it that there will be. It will take your entire family time to make new friends, develop new routines and to feel that the new ‘brick and mortar’ feels like home.
If you don’t have access to resources through employment or in the community to help you plan the transition and work through all the family members’ emotions, then do some research on the Internet for articles of help such as the one below.
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