Handy tips for relocating internationally with children - Part 2

In the first part of this series, we discussed 3 tips for making an international relocation easier for your kids. In this second part, we will discuss 5 more such tips. Some of the ideas presented here may require assistance, or at least cooperation, from your overseas removal company. So make sure you hire professional international packers and movers for your move. 

Tell your kids how the new place is going to be like

If you have decided on moving to a new country, you would already have done your fair share of research about that place. Pass on all the relevant information to your kids. Tell them what the new place is like. Tell them about the climate there. Tell them about all the tourist attractions that you are going to visit there. Acquainting your kids with their new environment ensures to an extent that the change does not seem so sudden and drastic.

Pack their items last and unpack them first

Kids feel at ease when their favourite toys and their favourite belongings are around them. So ask your overseas movers and packers to pack their items after everything else is packed. Their room should be the last one to be touched. Also, make sure they have their favourite blanket and pillow with them during the flight. Instruct your international packers and movers Mumbai to not pack those items. When you reach your new apartment, unpack the kids’ boxes first and set up their room before the others.

Make plans about their room

Tell your kids that you want to plan their room at the new house. Ask them to help you plan it as you want the room to be just how your kids like. Ask them if they want their new room to be just like their current one or do they want to make some changes. If they choose the latter option, ask them about the type of changes they want to make. If they want some new furniture in their room, take them along when you go out furniture-shopping and give them the freedom to choose what they like. The excitement of a beautiful new room could very well nullify the stressful effects of an international relocation on your kids.

Enroll in a Language and Cultural Training programme with your kids

Some of the finest providers of international moving services, such as Writer Relocations, offer special language and cultural training programmes. If you have enrolled for such a programme, make sure that you also enrol your kids. After all, learning about the culture and language of the new country is as important for them as it is for you. This could also double as a unique family-bonding exercise. Goofing up on the pronunciation of certain words could well lead to peals of laughter!

Explore the new country you now call home

Once you reach your new home, and after the professional movers and packers have set up your belongings there, take some time out to visit the popular attractions of the new city. Exploring these monuments would, again, create an opportunity to enjoy some fun-filled family time. Also, the joy and positivity that such trips exude would relieve you and your kids of some of the stress of home moving.

Also, Read - Handy tips for relocating internationally with children - Part 1

This concludes the 2nd part of this mega-series. In the next part, we shall discuss some more ideas that could relieve your kids about the stress of an international relocation.