killamarsh

[QUOTE=nicanjoe]Hi all,
I only decided after my now 7 year agreed that we would move.

I made sure he understood that he would need to make new friends etc.

some days he says that he dosen't want to go, just now, as he will miss this person and that person

I counter act this by highlighting the postives and id things that are better than here. Ie the weekend was a indoor one, when he wanted to go out, ' well there this won't happen all the time as it dosen't rain like it does here. I will miss this person and they are my friend or I love them. ' I state that we will have email and a computer camera so he can see his friends while he talks to them. I don't ever say we won't come back as that may not be true.

Be creative without being dishonest. The usual parenting requirements.

Your post put a lump in my throat.

I have always, at times when he is down about us moving, thought of fab things that he can't have here all the time.

If he is on a downer. Just think of something positve to counter act what he is saying. And, remember all the times he has said I don't like school BECAUSE. I don't like this friend BECAUSE. It is all so short lived.

nicanjoe

Yes, what a sexist thing for me to say, especially considering my sister and I ran around the creek behind our house looking for frogs and snakes, how quickly we forget.

Nicanjoe