My child is angry with me for making them move to a new school, what should I do?

My child is angry with me for making them move to a new school, what should I do?

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First of all, you have to acknowledge that anger. Anger that's kept in doesn't do anybody any good. Your relationship will suffer unless you actually talk this through and find some kind of resolution. You have to find a mutual compromise here. In a sense, it's a learning opportunity for both of you but in terms of your child's learning, it's an experience of not having things exactly as they want them, of coping with change and new challenges. They will benefit from this in the long term. In the short term, it's difficult and it's painful. You will feel bad about making your child feel negative in this way but you can work through it and no doubt you've done this before.