Would you swap bedrooms with your kids

[PeacheyPeach]

Would you swap bedrooms with your children to give them their own space?
My two DC one is a teen, one is a tween ) share a bedroom at the moment, but they are constantly bickering and I think they just need their own space.
Our bedroom which is the largest has two windows so we could make a divide and they could have their own space.
Their room is obviously smaller so it would mean me and DH having the smaller room and would mean downsizing when it comes to wardrobes , chest of drawers etc
Would you make the swap or would you just deal with the bickering until they get over it!!

Yes I would. I’m not particularly bothered about the size of my own room and I would want to give my children their own space if I were able to do that.

@NothingHereAnymore Yes that is the case here that our Ds can have his own room but our dds have to share, and it's just always been this way, so I'm sure they are sick of it now themselves. I know that it would be a bit of upheaval and maybe I will have to get rid of some of my clothes to fit into the space but if it's going to benefit them that's all that matters isn't it.
As to the bickering, it's not rewarding them it's actually going to bring hopefully a more peaceful home life so it's rewarding me 😂

Yes I would definitely swap
can you get a bed with storage drawers under?
also, putting top cupboards and shelves right along the ceiling line is a good way to get more storage- Ikea often have pictures of this

Like these top cupboards here

I would definitely take the smaller room if it meant everyone had their own room, yes.

I could not imagine mine sharing a room. They would kill each other. I’d probably sleep in the lounge to avoid that.

Absolutely as long as you can get your bed in. Consider an ottoman bed for more storage and build in cupboards.

Teens having their own space, especially when they are studying for exams, will pay dividends in making the whole house function more smoothly. It's not you vs them it's how to make the whole space more functional. They only really have first dibs on their own little bit whereas you have first dibs on the whole house - you are still "winning" (as you should be, you pay for the house!)

Yes absolutely.

I have never understood why parents seem to take the largest room in the house.

I swapped rooms a few years ago as my dc needed the space more then I did.