What age should brothers & sisters stop sharing a room

[my babyemmy]

My friend doesn't have a computer so she asked me to do this for her!
She has a son and a daughter who will be sharing the same room, she cant move out of there, so what age should that stop being in the same room?

[lukaelmo]

Hmmm I never shared a room with my brother so I wouldn't really know. Do kids complain when they share a room? Nope, I've got nothing... but someone else will :D

[Seekrit]

I would say when modesty becomes an issue.

My 5 year old nephew shares his room with his 3 year old sister.. I imagine when my youngest niece (20 mo) is in a bed and not a cot the girls will start sharing :)

[Shazbutt]

This is outrageous, but a few years ago there was an uproar about different sexes sharing a room at all! Madness.....

I've never had a brother (living with us anyhow), so i don't know personally, but i'd imagine when the eldest is 5 yrs maybe? I guess then they'll probably start to like having their own things, and also becoming aware that they are 'different' from each other....IYKWIM?

Gosh, if i had a boy, and they were fine sharing for a while longer, i wouldn't care!

[cobysmummy]

im living at home (8 ppl live here:eek: ) and coby me and dp are in one room, my parents in another, my 16 yo sister has her own room, and my 5 yo brother and 13 yo sister share a room...

soon we might put coby and daniel in one room and the girls in another but my room is downstairs and the others are upstairs so i wouldnt hear him if he woke..

before i had coby me and 16yo sister shared a room and nicole and daniel have always shared..

but before daniel was born i had my own room and the other girls shared..

if there is noone where else for them to sleep i dont see the problem in sharing.. they only sleep in the room...

[babycrazy]

I'm sure they will tell you.:p

I have my 2 (girl) and 3 (boy)year olds in the same room. Believe me - being different genders is the least of my worries. Feral little... are never in their beds!

I plan to move them when we have room - probably around school age. My friend moved her boy/girl into their own rooms when they were in Prep & year 2 - so about when the oldest is 8.

[*Sal*]

My kids share a room too, but I don't think they will for much longer. My 5 yr old daughter loves having her 2 yr old brother close, and encourages him to sleep with her. It's really cute and we all get more sleep that way, as he is not coming into our bed as much.

I doubt it will last much longer though (not my choice) as DD is at school now. I will respect her wishes when she asks for her own room, though I don't have another room for her :( Hmmmm time to move house??

[JenNT]

My Daughter 6.5 and son 5 won't be separated.We have a room each for them as well as bunks and a spare bed in a room but they still sleep top tail in a single bed on the bottom bunk.They never wake at night and are really close. I have tried separating them but when i check on them when they are sleeping they are back in the same bed :rolleyes: I give up, when the time comes when they want sep rooms they will do it i guess. Then number 3 will prob move into number 2's bed arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrghhhh

[pegasus]

My stepkids have shared rooms a lot in their lives. When I first met their dad, he was (first at his mum's without a room for the kids), in a 2bedroom townhouse - the kids were 2 and 4. We moved into our own house a year later and just made the point of getting a 3 bedroom house where the kids had their own rooms for their own space, however, we know at times, they've shared rooms when their mum's moved and been in a smaller place. Even when in their own rooms, the kids frequently went into each other's beds during the night up until they were about 9 and 7.

They also shared a bath frequently until about 8 and 6 when they started making comments about differences. It was also not long after this that my DSD (the eldest child) started locking the bathroom door and looking for her own space.

When our new bub comes in July, we're moving DS into DSS's room as we felt it would be better for the two boys to share than have the new bub waking the two year old. (We're now in a 4bdm house). Regardless of gender, the new bub will probably be sharing a bath with DS from about 4months or so (in a bath seat).

So in general, I'm sure the kids will adjust as they get older, and baths are probably more of an issue than rooms and this is easy to change. Have to admit though, they'll probably be begging for more of their own space by the time the eldest is 10, but a lot can happen in 7years. ;)

[My3kids]

My sons share a room, Where in the middle of renovating our place to make a forth bedroom so the boys have there owe room my 3 year old doesn't want his 11 month old braking any of his toys.

[Georgie'smama]

i think you should be guided by the kids. i remember having a bath at 8 with my sister (6) and my brother(coupla months). Usually kids will let you know when they want a bit more privacy, and the whole thing about seperating kids whenm they don't want to be seperated just because they are different sexes is silly.

[Ky]

My kids share a room and don't want to be seperated! We are moving in a couple of weeks and they will have their own room, but I wouldn't be surprised to find them sneaking in to sleep with each other in the night.

This said .. they absolutely adore each other and are constantly giving each others cuddles.

We shower with our kids, so the gender thing has never been an issue. My dh is now starting to wear a towel or boxers when walking around the house as he is getting ready for when it is inappropriate for dd to be seeing him naked - not sure when that will be, but I guess we need to get in pratice for when the friends sleep over on a more regular basis!

[MumsieMel]

I would leave it up to the kids, they're all differet.
Im sure you'll know when you need to separate them.