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Work demands, housing costs, a change in family circumstances. The reasons families move are varied, but the worry is usually the same: "Will this affect my child?"
"Leaving the daycare they know." "Will they adapt to a new environment?" "Could a move at this age hurt their development?" These are fair questions, and research has answers to them — not the psychoanalytic variety but findings from longitudinal studies and population data. The picture is more nuanced and, in many respects, more reassuring than the worry suggests.