Comments on: Shared Bedrooms

By: Jaymes

Jaymes — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:38:27 +0000

Well first off you’ll have to see if both of the children will enjoy the idea. And eventually if one of them is a little kid and the other one becomes a teenager then the teenager will want their own room. They will get mad at their younger brother alot more and will fight more. Boys are alot like male animals in the same confined space and will fight for dominance. So it will be a good idea until one of them wants their own room. Plus when they have friends over. If one becomes a teenager and has a girlfriend they will not be able to have their girlfriend over because of their younger brother. So it is not really a good idea in the longrun.

By: Angie

Angie — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:08:14 +0000

My 4 yr old daughter & 2 yr old son share a room (and are making room for baby sister in March! yeee Haw!)
and I have to say… i just love it for them. I’m an only child, and always dreamed of having my sister in my room with me. Only I didn’t have a sister, you see the dilemma.
It’s awesome to watch them go in between playing together and just .. you know, together but not together. It’s sweet.

By: kerri

kerri — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:46:44 +0000

Jumping in several days late, but you may still find it interesting that we have put our THREE little boys in one room and they LOVE it! Bunk beds one side, matching twin other side (it has a top bunk unassembled in the attic). We use the other bedroom as a playroom/classroom (we homeschool), so the bedroom doesn’t ever get very cluttered, still has plenty of floor space for us all to gather to read stories, to have small dance parties, etc.
Sometimes they even pull all their covers on the floor and sleep even closer together! Ages: 7, 5, almost 3… I’m sure we’ll have to separate them as they get older, but right now it is an arrangement that everyone enjoys.

By: Susan

Susan — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:11:16 +0000

Siblings sharing a room is wonderful! Just think of all of the lessons they’ll learn in having to grow up so closely together. Sharing, personal space, helping one another to clean, being responsible for something together, staying up secretly talking late at night…

I have such great memories sharing a room with my sister. I wouldn’t trade them for a giant celebrity home styled room, even today!

By: Susan

Susan — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:45:16 +0000

My two oldest, an 11-year old boy and a 9-year old girl, have their own rooms, but insist on sleeping in each other’s rooms every night. We only have one bed in each of their rooms, so one of them winds up sleeping on the floor. I have been trying to stop this arrangement, but feel much better about their bonding time now that I have read these comments. How does everybody feel about brothers and sisters sharing bedrooms?

By: Aimee

Aimee — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:12:39 +0000

I have two boys, ages 8 & 11. They have shared a room for a long time, but last year my oldest started complaining about it. I actually think they may get along better if I give them their own rooms. It worked well when they were younger though!

By: Headless Mom

Headless Mom — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:52:53 +0000

My boys shared until about 3 months ago. The older one had been fussing about having his own room for a while. I loved how we had parts of the room separated for their ‘own’ space. *sigh* I was tired of them fighting all of the time, so I caved.

Now? They spend every waking moment together anyway!

By: Bex

Bex — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:14:39 +0000

I think there is so much to be gained from sharing a room with a sibling, as long as they’re each older than three (similar sleeping patterns) and younger than eleven or twelve (time to branch out then). We each had our own room growing up (I had three sisters), but always managed to end up sleeping in the same room. I felt such security there, slept so much better, learned how to get along with others and share, all the way up until the time when I was ready for my own space. For my own kids (assuming I have more than the one I have now), I’m planning on one room for sleeping (like an old fashioned nursery), and one room for playing.

By: Catherine

Catherine — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:18:18 +0000

I shared a bedroom with all 3 of my sisters until I was 11 (we had two sets of bunk beds and our 2 brothers shared another room). I was the youngest and didn’t really mind but I used to annoy the heck out of one of my sisters by touching her stuff! Never on purpose of course….. We are still all really close even though we don’t live anywhere near each other. I often wish I had more kids so they could be sharing too!

By: Sara Jane

Sara Jane — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:04:55 +0000

I loved sharing a room with my sister for the first six years of her life. When I got my own room in the third grade, I missed her and we’d have spend the night parties in her room.