From what age should our children have their own room?
When children grow up, they need their own space, even if it is with their room or sharing it with a sibling.
There are many circumstances why children must share a room with their parents or with their siblings. Each family is different and it is important to respect that the decisions to sleep accompanied or not can have many reasons behind. But in addition to this, there are some questions that parents ask themselves, at what age can children have their own room?
Sometimes, perhaps due to lack of space, children must share the bedroom with their brothers or sisters, in other circumstances, children sleep in their parents’ bedroom for a few years from birth. But perhaps, in the first case, the family has moved to another house where there is already space for everyone, or perhaps in the home itself a room has been adapted as a bedroom for the children. In the second case, perhaps parents have gotten used to sleeping with their children and do not know what age would be the most appropriate for their little ones to have their own room.
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FROM WHAT AGE SHOULD CHILDREN HAVE THEIR OWN ROOM
The term ‘must’ is relative, since it is a personal decision that both children and parents must choose. Children, if they want, can sleep alone in their bedroom from the age of 3, so with a good bed safely so that it does not fall, there should be no problem so that the little one could have his own bedroom.
There are even parents who decide that their children have their bedroom much earlier so that as they grow older they can enjoy their independence and ‘their place’ within the home. But it is after 3 years when children can contribute to making this decision together with their parents and decide if they want to have their own bedroom or continue to share it.
In the case that you can have space for children to have their own bedroom, it is a good idea to encourage it for several reasons.
ADVANTAGES OF CHILDREN HAVING THEIR OWN BEDROOM
There are some advantages that must be taken into account when deciding to move the children to their own bedroom:
– Greater independence
– They have a place of refuge within their home
– They will have their own personal space
– They can share the space with others when they decide and not by obligation, having space for their own privacy
WHAT IF YOU CAN’T
But sometimes you can’t choose and children have to share the bedroom with their siblings, due to lack of space or for whatever reason. In these cases it is not a problem either because the children will learn to share and establish a closer bond with their siblings, since they will spend a large part of the day with them.
But that they share a bedroom does not mean that they cannot also have their own personal space and that their privacy and their things are respected. For this reason, if children have to share a space, it is necessary to clearly delineate the areas that would be for each one and that if any of them need solitude at any given time, they repeat themselves. A screen can be placed in the bedroom to be able to establish an area of solitude so that they can use whenever necessary.
What is essential is that even if the children share the bedroom, they are able to be themselves and have their own personal space , without others invading it.
For these reasons, that children have their own bedroom can be a good idea, but in the event that it cannot be had it is not the end of the world and it also has its advantages. In both cases, what matters most is respect and understanding.
Dr. Tabriella Perivolaris, Sara's mother and fan of fashion, beauty, motherhood, among others, about the female universe. Since 2018 she has been working as a copywriter, always bringing to her articles a little of her experience and experience as a mother and woman.