- Talk to your children and explain about the upcoming international move. Pay attention to their reactions and let them ask questions.
- Include your children in making plans for the overseas move.
- Help your children learn about the new area.
- Let them help decide how their new rooms are to be arranged and decorated.
- Encourage children to exchange addresses and phone numbers with their friends.
- Have each child help pack a special box with his or her most treasured possessionsthey can even decorate the outside of the box so they can quickly identify it in your new home.
- Take a “family break” as soon as the major unpacking is done. Don’t try to do everything when you arrive.
- Parents should spend time after the international move listening to each child about new schools and new friends.
- Enroll each child in activities similar to those he or she was involved with at the old home to keep continuity.
- If your move involves suburban to rural, or vice versa, caution children about new situations they will face.
Moving a Printer
- The original packing box and material is the best choice for transport because the Styrofoam is customized to fit each printer.
- If you are moving a laser printer, remove the ink cartridge as the ink may spill and contaminate the laser engine.