Stress: There's No Place like a First Home

Abstract

Buying a first home and the subsequent relocation can be an extremely stressful event in the life cycle of a family. This is hypothesized to be particularly true since the media and popular culture characterize these events as joyful and relatively stress-free. Most families, therefore, are not prepared for the widespread disruption to their everyday rituals and lives. The family members' individual identity, unresolved family of origin issues, boundaries, and the family's shared reality are all discussed in terms of how they are affected by the family purchasing their first home. Prevention and intervention strategies and issues for family life educators and family therapists are addressed.

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