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[quote=Anonymous]We moved away from DC to be closer to family last June, so almost a year ago now. I have 2 kids, a 9.5yo in 4th grade and a 5yo in K. While my 5yo had a couple rough months being in a new house and asking to “go home”, he settled in really well and is very happy here. It has been much rougher for my older DD. She really misses her old friends, school and where we lived. We really did have an amazing life in DC, but for a variety of reasons we thought it made sense to leave to be closer to both of our parents and siblings. But until Covid, I never thought we would leave, and my DD was definitely blind sided.

DD has made an amazing new group of friends in our new town, is well liked and has a pretty busy social life here, so she certainly isn’t sitting around bored and lonely. But she gets really sad and cries 2-3 times per week over missing her old friends and her old life. She constantly tells us we ruined her life by moving away and she was so happy before. She does acknowledge that her new life here is good and she is happy with her new friends and at her new school, but she strongly preferred DC life and really wants us to consider moving back, which we have no plans to do. Her old best friend came to visit a couple weeks ago and she has been really sad ever since.

Part of me thinks she just needs more time to get used to such a big change, but another part of me feels really bad that we did this to her and she really was such a happy kid before the move. I was thinking maybe it could help her to speak with a psychologist to help manage her sad feelings but DH thinks I am crazy and people move around all the time and she just needs to deal. Does anyone think a therapist could be helpful for something like this, or it’s truly just time she needs?

Any other tips or advice for helping her get through this?[/quote]

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