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From: essachs@ihuxl.UUCP (Ed Sachs)
Newsgroups: net.kids
Subject: Re: room sharing
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Date: Wed, 7-Nov-84 10:56:32 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov  7 10:56:32 1984
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> Here's a new topic for discussion.  Do you pair kids up in one bedroom
> even if you have room to give each a separate bedroom.  How important are
> the ages and/or age differences.

We've always (from the time we've had >2 kids) paired them up.
Our first two (boy, girl) were 2 years apart, and shared a room
from the time the younger (girl) was 6 weeks old.  When the
third was born (girl), the other two were 6 and 4.  When the baby
was about 2 months old, she moved in with the 4 year old daughter
and our 6 year old son got his own room.  The two older children
missed each other greatly.  Fortunately, there was an extra bed
in each room (two twin beds besides the crib in the girls' room,
and bunk beds in the boy's room), so they visited back and forth
frequently for a year or so.

Conclusion:  Kids like the company of other kids in their bedrooms,
they get lonely in a room all by themselves.
-- 
				Ed Sachs
				AT&T Bell Laboratories
				Naperville, IL
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