The outsize influence of middle-school friends
Tangentially related to this article, but moving/uprooting children can have fairly large negative consequences that affect them the rest of their lives.<p>Here's one article [1] that found:<p>"Elevated risks were observed for all examined outcomes, with excess risk seen among those exposed to multiple versus single relocations in a year. Risks grew incrementally with increasing age of exposure to mobility"<p>Examined outcomes consisted of "attempted suicide, violent criminality, psychiatric illness, substance misuse, and natural and unnatural deaths."<p>There are many more studies if you search for them that show a range of affects including worse academic performance and one I found that included a higher rate of hospitalization in kids who moved (although the cause was unclear).<p>It's a traumatic event.<p>[1] - <a href="https://www.ajpmonline.org/article/S0749-3797(16)30118-0/pdf" rel="nofollow">https://www.ajpmonline.org/article/S0749-3797(16)30118-0/pdf</a><p>[2] - <a href="http://theconversation.com/moving-home-can-affect-your-childrens-health-and-education-62738" rel="nofollow">http://theconversation.com/moving-home-can-affect-your-child...</a>