jo and scott Posted July 14, 2013 Report Share Posted July 14, 2013 hi, think im getting the hang of posting now ;-) im a bit concerned about my youngest, lucy. she is 7 1/2 and everytime we mention australia she tells us to stop talking about it as its upsetting her. I know its 2 years away but I want to nip these feelings in the bud. today, we have unpacked the kitchen and have boxes everywhere, and we have sorted both the girls bedrooms. my eldest daughter, lauren (nearly 9) is soooo excited about going to oz, always asking how long !! but today we face timed my friends little girl and they were chatting for a while, my friend told lauren all about the exciting things they do, all about the parks and beaches and the different clubs she goes to. so lauren is even more excited now !! which im really pleased about. I just wondered what ages your kiddlies were and what troubles you had and how you got round them. any advice would be greatly appreciated. many thanks jo. xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali Posted July 14, 2013 Report Share Posted July 14, 2013 Mine were 7 and 11 when we arrived, my eldest heard us talking about it the year before and burst into tears saying that we were making her leave her whole life behind. We promised here that she would be able to finish her time at her primary school before we left and we let her know when things happened. We didn't pretend it wasn't happening but we didn't talk about it a lot because we were making her leave behind everything that felt familiar and safe to her. What we did acknowledge was that we felt a little scared too, that just as she was starting a new school we'd start new jobs and we'd all have to make friends and that we'd all help each other. We did say too that at the end of the day it was something we were going to try and we would be doing it together as leaving her behind wasn't an option. By the time the move came she was fine, although our time scale was shorter than yours if you're thinking of moving in 2 years - that's a long time for a 7 year old to contemplate. We'd been here a year when our youngest asked us if we were still on holiday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fraggle Rock Posted July 16, 2013 Report Share Posted July 16, 2013 Hi Jo, It's a long time ago since we left the UK my children were 12,9 and 2. I remember my eldest was keen she has a very bubbly personality and is not shy at all, my son however my middle child was quite the opposite he found it all upsetting and was against the move and took a while to settle. I remember my mum giving them both a diary to write in before we left asking them to write about their new adventure and how they were feeling. My daughters was full of things we had done,places we had been, on my sons page everyday was I HATE AUSTRALIA. One night when I went into his room and found he had pulled his sleeves down over his hands and wrapped hair ties around them,when I asked him why he said it was so the spiders couldn't get in. I think he must have been frightened to death thinking Australia was full of things that would hurt him. He soon settled in after that he hated going to school in the UK but really thrived here making so many friends and cried when he left primary school. We still have the diaries now they are good to look back on they make interesting reading 11 years on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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