How Do You Help Children Adjust to a Move? T. and his family moved, exactly a year ago, to a new community. Their hope was to find a place with better schools than their old home had - a more affluent community, T. says, to be honest, and one where the children would thrive and the family could root itself and grow. That's not how things are working out. T. reports that the children aren't as happy as they were before. In their old neighborhood, his 8-year-old was outside all the time on his bike with friends. In the new one, he sits by himself on the bus and spends his spare time on the computer or watching television. Both children (T. has a daughter as well) say they miss their old town. They've become more demanding, both of material goods and of T. and his wife's attention. What was supposed to be a good thing feels increasingly stressful all around. How, T. asks, can he help his family adjust to their new home? How long does it usually take for elementary-school-aged children to find a place within a new community? Is there anything he and his wife can do to make it easier on them - and on themselves?