At what age does it become unreasonable for a brother and sister to share a bedroom?

[FrazzledDad]

What do you think?

dunno - the council housing apps are normally 7 arent they?

My 8yo ds and 6yo dd2 share a room and I don't see any problem with that.

Approx 8 IMO but depends on the kids, how they get on and how much of their own space they want and need.

Bristol City Council recognise a need for separate rooms once the oldest is 10.

My kids aren't this old so I have no idea if this is reasonable.

I think it depends on how much time they spend in their room and how mature they are etc.

I think boys need some privacy once they start playing with themselves basically dont they? Or its optimum for them to have some anyway - otherwise you've lost the use of your bathroom for days on end.

rofl at boys needing space when they start playing with themselves....that would be about 9mo for both of mine then!

Are you saying that girls don't play with themselves, or that they don't need privacy to do it?????

in our area it is age 11 that you are supposed to split up boys and girls.

no of course not - both do but ime boys start earlier than girls thats all...

and yes am well aware of that chasing squirrels but there obv is a point when it gets a bit different isnt there...

When they are about to hit pubberty. 11?

I shared with my brother till 11. It's a puberty thing, isn't it?

I'd say until puberty.

I'd say puberty.

I don't think boys start playing with themselves earlier than girls though.

I shared a bedroom with my twin brother until my eldest brother went to uni and then I finally got a room of my own. I remember vividly wanting to sleep without my pyjama top as it was Summer and I was hot and I was just starting to vaguely have happenings in the breast area and my twin brother getting really upset and asking mum to tell me to put my top on again Sorry too much info.

I didn't understand what the problem was back then, being young and all.

So I guess for my 2 kids that share a room, once puberty is starting that's a good time to separate if able to...

I'd say around 10.

Mine are going in to separate rooms this summer. Dd will be 9 and a half, ds coming up to 7. Dd has never really spoken about it/asked for it until a few weeks ago.

Aww, this thread has make me a bit sad. my 6yo ds and 4yo dd share a room, and I think it's rally sweet. (although DS does sometimes say he doesn't want any pinik dolls in the room...only ones dressed in blue.

I had two older sisters (who refused to share with each other) and an older brother, who I adored. I used to sleep in his bedroom untill I was about 6 or 7 so he would have been 14 or 15. One of my sisters then went to uni, and I moved into her room, much to her . She was still complaining about it the other day, and it happened 30 years ago.

But I digress....

I've jsut realised we really need to find the money for our planned extension soon.

10

DD moved out of room shared with ds when she was 10

10-11?

depends on size of room - one of my friends had a room with a screen so they couldn't see either others beds but both could see window IYSWIM so in that situation maybe ok for longer.

I'm bumping this, as I want to know exactly how long I have to save for the exgtension.

Go by the local housing policy. If it exceeds that you are overcrowded and kids should of different genders should be separated.

"Go by the local housing policy. If it exceeds that you are overcrowded and kids should of different genders should be separated."

ROFL at the idea that families who are not reliant on the state for housing can adjust upwards the number of bedrooms they have according to the number of children they have.

ROFL.

I think it is puberty, isnt it?