Tips for helping kids settle into a new home

We tend to psych our kids up for major household changes - moves, going to school/changing schools, adding new family members (new baby), etc. Kids are usually susceptible to propaganda - so we work on getting them ramped up - make a big deal about it in a positive way so they're excited.

The reverse advantage - we can tell when something's not right - such as our daughter or son suddenly not wanting to go to school (bullying), etc. Makes identifying behavioral changes much easier.

And...we also teach our kids how to identify propaganda and manipulation (which makes it more challenging for us to manipulate them - they get so sophisticated at such a young age these days).