Sharing Room with Teen

[Anonymous]

Hello,

Single mom here, daughter at boarding school. She is coming home for the summer and I currently need to stay in my one bedroom apartment. I really need suggestions for the sleeping arrangements. TIA

[Anonymous]

Sofa? Fold out bed in the living room? She'll probably stay-up later than you. Come home later than you'd like. She will not care, not as much as you ... to sleep somewhere a bit odd.

[Anonymous]

Can you partition with a bookcase or like an Ikea Klax piece to give you both some privacy?

[Anonymous]

How old?

Add an air mattress to bedroom

[Anonymous]

Air mattress, trundle bed, she can sleep on the couch, etc. I mean, just pick one.

[Anonymous]

She's 15 and knows no one here so she won't be going out. Would it be weird to have us share a room so there is always a quiet place to sleep?

[Anonymous]

While not ideal I think it's ok as long as you can figure out some sort of partition to give you each a bit of privacy.

[Anonymous]

I’d probably add a bed to your bedroom (maybe with a partition if you want) but also leave her the option of sleeping on the couch some nights if she wants. Teenagers tend to be night owls

[Anonymous]

How big is your bedroom? I would put a twin bed in there for her. If she's sensitive about privacy, you could use a few IKEA Besta or Pax units as dividers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She's 15 and knows no one here so she won't be going out. Would it be weird to have us share a room so there is always a quiet place to sleep?

I think this is fine!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’d probably add a bed to your bedroom (maybe with a partition if you want) but also leave her the option of sleeping on the couch some nights if she wants. Teenagers tend to be night owls

This is what I was going to say. Leave her an option to hang out in the living room and sleep on the couch if she wants to stay up late after you’ve gone to bed.

[Anonymous]

Honestly, I would put her in the bedroom and you sleep on the coach or air mattress in the living room. She is coming from boarding school…. Let her have a room of her own and privacy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Honestly, I would put her in the bedroom and you sleep on the coach or air mattress in the living room. She is coming from boarding school…. Let her have a room of her own and privacy.

This is crazy. Share a room with her or let her sleep on the couch. Or just ask her what she wants to do.

[Anonymous]

I personally would have us share a room. I like the sleep space to be separate from everything else.
I had a friend with a DD in a one bedroom and they shared for a while with twin beds in the bedroom. When DD got to MS age though the mom
Said she ( the DD) wanted more privacy so the mom moved into the living room and had a screen set up where her bed was. They did this til the DD went to college.
I would offer to share the bedroom OP as your first choice.

[Anonymous]

Have you talked to your kid about it?

I have friends that sleep on a Japanese sleeping mat in their living room so that their teenager can have her own room. During the day, it is rolled up in a closet. They use their foyer closet for their clothing and personal items.

The dad works from home, so his desk is in the teen's room. They just swap back and forth as needed. 100% NBD.