Room Sharing??

[mumma_jessy]

Just wondering what you think of children sharing a room? We have a three b/room house but are thinking of maybe having 3 kids, is it wrong to make kids share a room?

[Beany]

Goodness, no!

We grew up in tiny homes and I shared a room with at least one other sibling (at some points, up to 3 other siblings) at any given time.

If anything, I think it will encourage a greater sense of companionship between the children.

[InSaneOne]

as long as the kids are the same sex and are fairly close in age, i don't have a problem.

we have our 2 older girls sharing - there is 11 1/2 months between them and they do like to fight. we actually switched rooms with them so that they have the master bedroom which is a bit bigger for the twin beds. our queen fits in another room and next to use we have bubs room. our 11 year old sleeps in his "dungeon" - a little room off the garage - it still connected to the house but is on the other side of the house to the other bedrooms so he has some "boy" space away from all the girls.

i wouldn't put more than 2 kids in a room together (unless they only visit on the weekends) it would get a bit argumentative otherwise.

[TwoBlue]

I shared with my younger brother until i was about 10 then my two brothers shared and i had my own room...

i preferred sharing with my bro , we always had so much fun.. we still talk about some funny moments fondly now...

[angcaltam]

I don't think that there is anything wrong with kids sharing rooms. I always had to share a room with at least 1 other.

My boys share their bedroom. :yes:

[Beany]

We had some great time sharing a room ...

Probably not stories that mothers would want to hear, though :D

[SassyMummy]

I think it would all depend on the age of the children, the sex of the children, and the general relationship between the two.

IMO, older children (as in, once puberty sets in) should have the right to the privacy that they will then probably want. Younger children, generally, don't need (or partically want, from my experience) much privacy at all.

Still, some siblings are happy to share...so if that's the case when they're older...then I'd just let them go for it. But yeah, if they're older, they may want a bit of "me" space...and I think that's reasonable.

[whatwasithinking]

We had a three bedroom house (lost one of them to the computer though) and poor Bec when she was born was put in our room during the day and the computer room during the night.

We then moved and bought a 4 bedroom house (yippe) so both girls could have a room each and the computer could have it's own room (yep apparently according to my husband the computer is human and our third child - men) anyways Hannah would call out in the middle of the night screaming saying she wanted to sleep in our room - we let her.

But after 3wks of her sleeping on her couch in our room I asked Hannah whether she would like to look after Bec and share a room. She jumped at the chance.

Now they both sleep in the same room and they don't wake up during the night (occassionaly one of them might but only when they have bubby nightmares).

We are going to let them decide when they want to sleep in separate rooms.

Now we have 1 br for us 1 brm for the girls 1 br for the computer and 1br as the playroom (they also have the converted garage as a playroom as well - how lucky are they).

[Barry]

Nope, most kids *love* it. They tend to only get shirty in the mid to late teens.

We've got a 3 bedroom + study place here and one bedrooms ours, the study is staying a study and we have the nursery in one bedroom and the other will be for all the kids until such time as the nursery is no longer needed then we'll probably just have an all kids room + spare room and then when they're older convert to boy/girl rooms or oldest/younger kids rooms.

There's absolutely nothing wrong with it though, most of todays generation group up with it and there's nothing wrong with the adult population now is there! (Well... mostly).

[CJJHRA]

I have 4 boys in one room, they seem to like it like that.

[Mister Noodle]

I never had a room of my own as a kid. I always shared with at least two siblings.

I would have loved the sheer luxury of my own room, but I never wished my sibs would move out of the room I was in, if you get me.

[cheezelkat]

I shared a room at various time and *hated* it. But I did get over it - The younger the two sharers are, the better IMO

[Ky]

We have only put our two in seperate rooms as Bella now is at school and initially, she was so tired at the end of the day that she needed to be in bed by 6pm and Daniel wasn't going to sleep until 7pm, so ended up bugging her to stay awake!

They still jump at the chance to share and it took ages for them to adjust to being alone. When we tell them that we are having visitors and they need to share again they usually ask if the visitors can stay for a long time pleeeeeease!!!!

I shared my room on and off during childhood. My sister is 6 years younger than me and although there was quite an age gap, it wasn't too bad as long as there were places that I could put those things that were precious to me where she couldn't get into them. I admit that I adored my sister and was a real little mother to her,. so I guess that made it a bit easier. Also, I slept in a tent in our backyard during summer, so I did have my own space for a few months each year!

[CJJHRA]

My kids only sleep in their room, no toys in there, so sharing isnt a real problem. The twins go to bed first then the next to about an hour later.

[tee]

I think it would all depend on the age of the children, the sex of the children, and the general relationship between the two.

IMO, older children (as in, once puberty sets in) should have the right to the privacy that they will then probably want. Younger children, generally, don't need (or partically want, from my experience) much privacy at all.

Still, some siblings are happy to share...so if that's the case when they're older...then I'd just let them go for it. But yeah, if they're older, they may want a bit of "me" space...and I think that's reasonable.

My thoughts exactly.

I grew up in my own room (being the only girl) and that's the only way I wanted it, haha. My two youngest brothers share a room now, and now that one has hit 14, all he wants is his own space. I think it's kind of nice for kids to share a room when they're young.

[FourAngelKisses]

Nothing at all wrong with sharing. Jacob and Brooke share a room and they love it. People with 7-8 kids can't go and buy 10 bedroom houses, lol, so generally, everyone needs to share. As long as they all help keep it tidy and don't fight, there isn't anything wrong with it.

[cwsmum]

I have 3 sisters & a brother...all younger than me...we lived in 3 bedroom houses until I was about 13 when my parents built 2 extra bedrooms onto the house. We never really minded sharing, if we started to fight too much we just swapped rooms and shared with a different sister...took all day to move all our stuff, and we usually swaped rooms every few weeks...mum & dad didn't mind, as long as we weren't fighting.

[3 bambinos]

I shared a room until I was 18 and my 23 year old sister moved out. It never bothered us having the other one there, even though we would have our fights like all siblings do.

[SamanthaJane]

I remember most of my friends in primary school grew up sharing a room, because their parents simply couldnt afford a house with more bedrooms.

I shared a room with my younger sister for 3 years when i was younger.

My older brother and older sister shared a room for the same 3 years.

We were living in a small 3 bedroom home while we waited for the money to build our house. This house had 6 rooms, so we all got our own room.

I dont see a problem with it in younger children. But once your at the age of 12 i think you prefer your own room for privacy, but this is not always available so you just make do with what you have :yes:

[red apple]

At the end of the day you end up sharing a room with someone: your husband/wife/partner. So get them to have the skills of sharing space now I say.

I shared a room with my big sis on and off growing up. I did heaps of practical jokes on her and learnt valuable tormenting skills which I now use on my husband. :D

[Tisme]

We've got a 3 bedroom + study place here and one bedrooms ours, the study is staying a study and we have the nursery in one bedroom and the other will be for all the kids until such time as the nursery is no longer needed then we'll probably just have an all kids room + spare room and then when they're older convert to boy/girl rooms or oldest/younger kids rooms.


Does Mrs Baz know about the "ALL" the kids ????? How many YOU planning on??

I was one of the few that grew up in a room of my own. My brothers ALWAYS shared and NEVER got along .... but that was just their temprements. I shared with the younger of the 2 (still 6 yrs my senior) for around 3 mths while my room was given over to my Nanna and Grandad and I loved it .... a massive change to sleeping alone and he was SOOO much fun .....

BUT ........ My kids share a room and when they don't go to sleep (as I have had issues with this) I just have to tell them I will take one into the spare room (when at my Mum and Dad's house) and they instantly shut up and go to sleep. A couple of times I've gotten up to ind Ciaran in Alana's bed and when they wake he says "she woke up last night and asked me to look after her".

I have read somewhere though that when a male and female child share a room, once the Older one turns 6 they must be seperated. This is due to the sexual "exploration" that a child of 6 begins to go through and is a thought on how to cut down peadophilia and/or incest. RIDICULUS if you ask me, and almost impossible to police but all the same ...... RIDICULUS

[FourAngelKisses]

My 7.5yr old girl and 8.5yr old boy share a room and there has been no problems at all with sexual stuff. They share because if I put my 2yr old in with the 8.5yr old, he will wake up when 8yr old goes to bed and think it's play time and an hour later, still wont go back to sleep. So I have to wake 7yr old up, put her in with 8yr old and then try and get all 3 of them back to sleep. Will leave it that way for another 6mths then try to get 7yr old in her own room again.