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I don't think its a "need." My kids will share in the beginning and probably split after a few years but if they turn out to be he same gender and our situation is helped by staying in a smaller place then I could see keeping them together longer, through elementary school or so.
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It's partly a cultural thing, in a lot of places is normal to have the entire family living in tight quarters. I know a family that raised two kids in a one room apartment they shared with the in laws... when it feels like my family has no room, I think of them and remind myself it could always be worse!
Personally I'd expect my kids to share a room if they were the same gender, but would love to give them separate rooms otherwise. I had to share a room with my little brother into my teens and it was ok, but a little more privacy would have been nice.
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I Grew up having my own room, but DH shared with his two sisters until 12! Since I work from home and need an office, and we want 3 kids, I don't foresee us having a 5 bedroom home, so someone will have to share!
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Not required at all in my opinion. For opposite sex siblings, it would be different.
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We only have 1, but if we ever have another girl, then I'd like to tear down a wall and make 2 small rooms into 1. I think that sharing a room is good for them. DH and his bro shared a room and (I'm biased) but I think both of them turned out great
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My parents had four kids in a three bedroom house, so I didn't have my own room until my older siblings moved out/ went to college. I shared a room with my younger brother (so much fun!) for a few years until my parents felt we were too old to share and then I bunked with my sister. I don't think having your own room is a necessity by any means but, with opposite sex siblings, it is a different story. I wouldn't have wanted to share a room with my brother while I was figuring out this whole Aunt Flo business.
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Yes. My babies have their own "rooms" even though they share my bed.
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Nope. I had 3 sisters though so we always shared rooms.
My kids each have their own bedroom but we're thinking of having the girls share since they're 25 months apart. Then having the spare be a playroom. I honestly loved sharing with my sisters. I think it made us bond really well. Laying in bed talking about school, crushes, what we'll be like as grown ups, was what made us so close. But when my sisters graduated high school and went to college, I had my own room as a teenager so maybe it would have been worse if we had been closer in age?
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My sister and I loved sharing a room. We were in the same room until I was 11 and she was 13!
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Nope. My sister and I shared til she was 16? And then my parents built a temporary wall...in urban areas, it's just not financially feasible a lot of time. Our LOs will be sharing a room at least the first year, and then when we hopefully move to a 3bedroom apt, LO#3, if we have him/her, will share with one of the kids. A 4 bedroom apt is just outrageous.
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@Mama Bird: my DH's grandpa was the youngest of 11 and grew up in a house that was maaaaybe 800 sq ft! I'm guessing two bedrooms, maybe three
Need? Definitely not. I have mixed feelings. My sister and I shared when we were little, and then got their own rooms. DH's siblings shared until they were in high school, even though they had empty rooms. Our kids will probably share once we have a third, even though we have a guest room in the basement.
I was an introvert who didn't particularly get along fantastically with my older sister, and I think it would have been tough to share. DH says it was good bonding for him and his brother and definitely wants our kids to do it.
If/when they share, I think I will try to make it a positive. I don't want them to see a need for their own room to house all their own stuff that no one else can touch. I think our culture can put a lot of emphasis on a) materialism and b) the ego, which I don't love. I hope to be able to show them that they can find time and space for themselves, even while sharing. Cause you know what? I don't get my own room either!
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We have 3 bedrooms so right now my three boys are in a room and my daughter has her own. We aren't planning on buying a five bedroom house so our kids will have to share.
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