Moving to Wichita Falls--It's A Family Affair

By Julie DeLong, A-1 Freeman Moving Group 

Small Children

Toddlers and also preschoolers aren't a great deal of help, however they are so incredibly entertained by unfilled cartons, rolls of tape, as well as bubble wrap that you really will not care. Provide a four-year-old free rein with packing supplies and you can now blow through their stuff before they get bored and begin consuming the packing peanuts. In all seriousness, provide your littlest ones a box a bit of tape and get to work. Inquire which toys they want to present to buddies or share with other children they don't know--it's a small item which assists them to feel like they may have a bit of say in the process.

Elementary Age

If you have kids in this age category, they are in the perfect place--old enough to be hard workers, although not so old that they have solid opinions. These are some duties a 3rd grader can certainly complete.

· Go through their things and decide what to give away.

· Put cartons together, prepare packing supplies, put color-coded labels on boxes.

· Put giveaway items in bags and cartons.

· Help clean out closets as well as drawers to be ready for the professional movers.

This is a great age group to discuss contributing old toys and games to charitable groups, as well as to discuss the reason why you choose the ones you do. In the event the non-profit you select possesses a thrift store, take your kids in and let them see what it looks like.

Junior High School

Pre-teens and also teens are hypothetically competent at genuinely pitching in, however it may take a bit of imagination to make that happen. These kids are leaving buddies, sporting activities, and school, and could be more engaged in small-time sabotage than actually getting in the groove and sorting through the storage area. If you need to resort to bribery to get them on board, it is sort of a modest cost to pay.

· Offer to permit them to select the paint and pieces of furniture for their new rooms.

· Obtain their insight on what they would really like to acquire in a new house. Definitely, they should be practical, but make sure they know their thoughts matter. Ask about yards (trees, playhouses, area for a basketball goal), basements, recreation rooms, as well as other things that may be on their wish lists. Whenever you evaluate homes on the internet, show them what you prefer as well as what you don't--and explain the reason why.

· Market gently used things and split the earnings. Look at different selling places to figure out which ones work most effectively. The majority of web pages require that sellers be 18 years old, so you'll want to set the accounts up and handle the auction or sale listings, but your teenagers could take the photographs, upload them, and write the descriptions.

· Go the yard sale option and allow them to set up the tables and put price tags on items.

High School and College

These are the challenging years--it can be not easy to move at any age, but it's extremely hard for high schoolers. The good thing is that even though they may be somewhat sad, they're old enough to accomplish some heavy lifting while they pout. Here are a few things your young adults can perform to pitch in.

· Help with disassembling pieces of furniture.

· Smile and let them embellish their rooms completely like they desire. They may be leaving soon enough, and you could always paint over their selection.

· Head up in the attic and get stuff down--teenagers tend to be more agile than their mom and dad (and the majority of professional movers will never enter the attic space).

· Drive loads of stuff to the thrift stores or perhaps the dump. Cover their gasoline and junk food on the way.

· Organize trips returning to see pals or go on and plan for pals to come visit.

· Permit them to sell their own items via the internet if they are more than 18 years of age and keep the earnings.

· If you hold a garage sale, allow them to take care of the funds and the internet sales.

Tell the truth--if you've got kids in college, it is totally likely that you've previously turned that bedroom into a fitness room or perhaps an home office. When your university students are home on a break before you move to Wichita Falls, be sure they're going through all their old boxes of stuff--you'll still need to move them, however maybe they will purge enough to minimize on the quantity.