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>Take a family of five kids and give them a bedroom for each kid when young and they’ll end up clustering in one or two. Do you have anecdata on this? I grew u
by anonym29 1y ago
>Take a family of five kids and give them a bedroom for each kid when young and they’ll end up clustering in one or two.
Do you have anecdata on this? I grew up with a single sibling, and we had to share a room as young children due to economic circumstances, but we were both very excited to get our own rooms when our parents bought a larger house.
I have no kids of my own and don't plan on having any, but I'm fascinated by this perspective.
- bombcar 1y agoMy experiences is that below the age of six, they ALL want to cluster together. Above six it starts to sex-segregate naturally, and around teen years the desire for their own space soars. But even then they often want congregation, but the ability to retreat. I sometimes think the perfect “large family” house would be tons of tiny bedrooms but lots of common areas. Almost college dorm-like. Another anectdata - I’ve never met a family with same-sex twins where the twins did NOT live in the same room, even when there was ample space to not do so. I presume the triplet case is even stronger.
- mensetmanusman 1y agoI have 8 kids, they cluster at night, sing to each other, recite poetry, and talk late into the night. It’s more similar to how families slept for millennia.
- getajob1160 1y agosounds like a potentially abusive situation.