A room of one’s own

[MayonnaiseClyde]

AIBU to think that it’s preferable for children to have their own room, even if it’s tiny, than to have a bigger room if it means they have to share?

I think as people have said- how tiny is tiny? I am only child so the thought of sharing a bedroom as a kid makes my blood freeze, so if the 2 smaller rooms are still usable space that would be my option. Good luck with the extension.

It should be a choice if the option is there.

MOST kids (particularly teens) prefer their own space and often need* their own space.

I would never have more kids than I have bedrooms for these exact reasons, but if my kids wanted to share then that's fine.

My best friends when I was a teenager were twins, and they lived in a 3 bed house, with two small doubles and a box room that just fitted a bed. One twin opted for the box room just to have some space.

*as a teacher, I deal with SO many kids who come from larger families who just don't get much personal space at home, and it really affects their MH. It's quite sad.

If I’d been expected to share with my sister when we were kids, I’d have left home as soon as possible & I doubt our relationship would have survived.

As it is, we’re really close now & actually choose to go on weekend breaks together & share.

Sharing is fine under age 10 and many kids prefer that. From 11 or so, a private space is important even if it is small.

18month age gap between me and my sibling 2 girls.

forced to share until she moved out.

there was a box room available but parents insisted we share.

we Are total opposites in terms of everything - one tidy, one untidy. One loved Rock music - one hated it… one loved laying in - one an early bird. Everything about us was ‘incompatible’ for sharing.

we begged and pleaded to have separate rooms - both of us begging to go in the smaller room (no fight over having the biggest room) as we just wanted some space as teenagers .

parents wouldn’t let us separate. No real reason given . Room was just a junk room - not being purposefully used…

I really think kids appreciate their own space if possible - even if a shoe box - it is their shoebox - I understand that sometimes sharing is the only option - but I think many kids really would appreciate that little space to call their own.