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Newsgroups: net.kids
Subject: Re: room sharing
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Date: Wed, 7-Nov-84 17:24:02 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov  7 17:24:02 1984
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It seems that parents are under the impression that kids LOVE
to share rooms.  I grew up sharing a room and I can tell everyone that
I would have loved my own room.  My sister and I got along really well
but we needed our own space (even when we were little).
We usually always shared everything from toys to tales, but at
times one or the other wanted to have some privacy, to do such
things like cry, get punished, sleep, or escape with friends.
Until I was 16 I always had to share and never felt that anything
was mine.
Of course space is not always available, but when our kids get beyond
two I will have separate rooms if at all possible.  I feel that children
need privacy just like adults.  There are plenty of other times when
the kids can share and grow together.

Candace