Just wondering what people’s thoughts are on different sex’s sharing bedrooms?
My eldest boy is 14 and desperate to have his own room (I understand that he is going through puberty and needs his own space)
This would then require my 10 year old boy and 6 year old girl to share a room.
I’m not sure how I feel about this..
thanks in advance for any thoughts or advice
Different sex’s sharing rooms
Different sex’s sharing rooms
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My cousins shared a room until they were late in their teens. They turned out alright and only about a year between them. However not something I’d do with my almost 10 and 6yr old. Puberty or not it’s probably best for the boys to share.
I think the 10 year old is too old to be I. With the 6 year old
10 yr old is already way more aware of things
Nope, to old. Sadly if you don’t have the room for them all to have their own room your sons will have to share.
I would also say too old. I had miss 14 and miss 7 together till i moved for the same reason i couldnt put other two together cause my son was too old to share with his little sister. I ended up giving my room (main bedroom) to my girls and dividing it in half and I took the smaller room. Worked till I could move and give all kids their own room.
My brother and 2 step brothers shared a room and I had my own. Their's was bigger but still cramped. But as a girl, I got privacy. Flip to being at my dad's house and my 2 step sisters and I shared and my brother had his own.
Too old to share. But also unfair to expect the 14yo to share also, he definitely needs his own space particularly going through this puberty stage.
Any chance you can use a living room with a sofa or something for one of them?
If the 2 younger kids were like 6 and 7, not an issue. But seeing as your other son is already 10, he's not far off puberty himself so he's not gonna want to share with his little sister for long (if at all, my 10 year old son would probably run away if he had to share with his sisters 😂).
The boys will just have to learn to deal, maybe give them the biggest room, put up some room dividers, start some rules/roster so they each get some private time alone in there.
Sharing a room with a same gender sibling won't kill them!
My younger 2 are 8 & 10 g/b. They share. Will for a while yet.
A friend of mine has a very small house and many children.
She got a sofa bed for herself in the lounge room and divided the 3 rooms between her kids.
It wouldn't work for me but works for her. Just a different suggestion.
Are you worried that your 10 yr old will inappropriately touch the 6 yr old?
Why is it a big deal if he wouldn't do that?
No issues here. I had 2 sons and a daughter sharing. We’d travelled Oz and had 5 of us sharing. My kids are kind generous understanding young adults now
My 11 year old boy and 6 year old girl shear a room at the moment. my 12 year old girl has her own room she has started pubity and need her own space but in saying that we just moved into our house and were extending so they will all have there own room soon.
Dont do it...i shared a room with my brother who was 4 years older then me....he sexually abused me when he was about 11 yo until about 13 or 14yo when we moved back to separate rooms.
From my experience it’s a no from me. I shared a bed once with my two older brothers and we were about the same age as your children. My oldest brother was starting to get sexually aware and he sexually abused me and it affected me through most of my childhood