Maybe you are sick of the house you live in, maybe you don't like the area, you want to live closer to a friend or to the school, or you have few friends or not even one and the kids at school treat you badly. Whatever the reason, you want to move, but how do you convince your parents?
Steps
Step 1. Start by showing frustration about some aspects of the house or area you live in, for example:
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"Ugh! I'm so sick of having such a small room, there's hardly any space for anything!", Or "I'd like something about the house to be different."
Convince Your Parents to Move Step 1Bullet1 - "Wow Mom, maybe we wouldn't both be so frantic when we leave the house in the morning if we didn't live far away from school."
- "Dad, I'm sick of living here, there's nothing fun to do", or "I don't like the people in the neighborhood." "I can't do anything with my friends because we live very far from the city", or you can also try: "Ugh, (your city) is too hot / cold" (depending on where you live and where you would like to move). your parents know that you are really serious.
Step 2. Go on the internet and see where you would like to live, and cunningly make some allusion to the area or type of house you would prefer to live in, for example:
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"Dad, he's so cute next to the sports club."
Convince Your Parents to Move Step 2Bullet1 - "I think it would be great to live in a house with a cellar so we could keep our things."
- "If we lived nearby I could walk to school."
Step 3. Go on the internet and look for the houses where you would like to live and add the pages of your interest to the bookmark bar, your parents will probably see them and ask you questions about them, for example:
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"Honey, what is this page?"
Convince Your Parents to Move Step 3Bullet1 - "Oh, Mom, it's just a house."
- "Ok, why?"
- "Because it's a very nice house in a very nice area, I was just taking a look."
Step 4. The next time your parents show any hint of tension about the house, tell them you should move, but say it sarcastically
They will probably respond seriously by saying, "Is that what you really want?" and when they do, look them in the eye and say "Yes". At that point they will know that you want to move and you need to act quickly before they forget or lose interest.
Step 5. When you happen to pass a house for sale whose entrance is free, ask to be able to enter just to take a look
Step 6. When you find a nice home on the internet or in the newspaper, gather your parents in the room for them to come and see
Step 7. Now you need to talk
Write a note to your parents and leave it on their desk: "Let's meet in the living room at six for a chat, if the time isn't right we can fix another one". It might sound silly but you will get them to talk to you.
Step 8. Write on a post-it a list of the disadvantages of your home and the advantages of a move and keep it with you to check it out when you run out of arguments
Step 9. Start by saying that you want to be taken seriously and express it very clearly
“I want to move and I want you to listen to me”. So state all your reasons. At the end of the conversation your parents will know what their response will be.
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If that's no, try again in a few months. In the meantime, don't pester them.
Convince Your Parents to Move Step 9Bullet1 - If it's a "we have to think about it," let them do it and don't bother them. If after 3 weeks they haven't said a word about it, raise the issue again.
- If yes, congratulations!
Step 10. Convince your parents that you cannot pursue your dreams by continuing to live in your current area
Step 11. Tell your parents that kids in school don't treat you like others and that you don't like it
Step 12. If they say:
"We don't need …", communicate and highlight the main problems in the house (don't whine, if you want them to take you seriously, even the problems related to the house must be serious), for example: "I don't have a space to grow, I have no privacy! We have been living in this house for _ years, it is time to face new challenges and experience new things”.
Step 13. Tell them that the whole family would benefit
This way you have a better chance that the final decision will be positive.
Step 14. Show them a website and find some elements to support why your chosen one would be a good place to live; The more supporting arguments you have, the better your chances of getting a yes
Advice
- Consider what your family should go through if you move there.
- Get other family members to support your idea, so you will have backup ideas and some adult family members or close friends on your side, because if an adult agrees with you you will be taken more seriously.
- Attack your parents' weaknesses. For example: your father is forced to drive an hour a day to go to work.
- Offer your help in any way to make the transfer possible.
- Make sure you've searched for the area you want to move to (as well as the surrounding cities).
- Tell them that the house you want to move to is cheaper than the one you are in now, so you will make money by selling yours.
- Tell them that where you live you feel depressed. If you have moved from another city and miss your friends, please tell us.
- Don't whine.
Warnings
- Don't whine. You will only stress them more, thus reducing the chances of getting a yes for the transfer.
- Make sure your brothers (if you have them) agree with you and want to move. You don't want them to feel depressed in the new home and / or school, do you?
- Remember that your parents may not want to move too far away if they enjoy their jobs.
- If you can't afford the move, don't beg your parents.
