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From: marie@harvard.ARPA (Marie Desjardins)
Newsgroups: net.kids
Subject: Re: room sharing
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Date: Tue, 13-Nov-84 16:46:21 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov 13 16:46:21 1984
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For little kids (i.e. younger than 4?  I guess it would depend on how
quickly your children mature) I think it's a good idea for children to
share a room for your convenience (and theirs -- if something is wrong
with one the other one may alert you).  But as they get older, why don't
you ask them?!  Kids that I have known (no, I don't have any, but
babysat a LOT when I was younger and knew the kids I stayed with very
well) actually do have opinions -- and if they want their own room, let
them have it (but I wouldn't go to too much trouble fixing up their new
room, they might quickly change their minds).  

One family that I knew had twin boys; until they were around 5 they 
shared a room, and after that, had separate rooms.  But they liked to
play "sleepover" (one had a double bed, and the other had two twin beds)
and their mother let them.  This let them have both -- privacy AND
sharing.  Seemed like the best solution to me.

	Marie desJardins
	marie@harvard