Article in Salon via Alternet

Of course the study wasn't performed on US kids, so there could be differences in reaction. Here's my major moves before the age of 21 (when we returned to the US. I spent a year before going back to London for 2 years, then Mannheim for two years, followed by Brussels for two years.).

1st move @ 10 days old, from WA to CA

2nd move @ 18 months old from CA to DC

3rd move @ 3 years from DC to Saigon

4th move @ 3 years from Saigon to CA

5th move @ 4 years from CA to DC

6th move @ 6 years from DC to London

7th move @ 8 years from London to CA

8th move @ 8 years from CA to VA

9th move @ 9 years from VA to DC

10th move @ 15 years from DC to VA

11th move @ 17 years from VA to Brussels



No wonder I made my first suicide attempt at 16. It wasn't a good attempt, but still. Also, only one move was into a war zone, so that's got to be a plus. None of this includes internal moves in the same city, though, to be fair, I had more of those once I returned to the US when I was 28.