If you have a tween or teen boy, weigh in please!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I want to get my 10yo son a larger bed in the next year or so. His room isn’t huge, so aesthetically a full size (double) would be ideal, but I’m wondering if I’ll regret that and wish I got him a queen for when he’s older. I’d like this bed to last until he moves out. What are your teens sleeping in? His dad is 6 feet and I’m only 5’4”; so far he’s on track to be about average height. Can teen boys sleep comfortably in a full size bed?

You and your DH aren't exactly big and you are below average. Not sure why you would think your son needs anything bigger than a full unless he's physically sharing the bed with someone else.

My 13yr old is already 6' and I'm 5'10" and DH 6'4". When we happen to unfortunately get a room with 2 doubles we sleep in separate beds and it's not exactly a hardship.

Are you all particularly obese?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
We're European, and in all European countries most people use twin size beds unless they sleep with a partner. The notion that a child needs something more, unless he's really large or really tall, is strange.

Ehhh, Europe is a continent. Not sure how you think you are an expert on the sleep habits of 750 million people across 44 countries. My DH is Swedish and we lived in a 4br 3ba house in Sweden. Lots and lots of kids have large beds just like Americans and even their own bedrooms! We recently moved back and live in MUCH smaller quarters in DC than we ever lived in in Sweden.

There is a huge difference between Iceland and Greece and Bulgaria and Switzerland.

I doubt you are European. I'm sure you just play that role on the internet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Twin!!! A full is not any longer. College students sleep in X-long twins. It seems fine.

True. Twin and full are the same length 75"; XL Twin, Queen, and King are 80" ; California King is 84"

So a 6" tall person at 72" doesn't have a lot of extra length in a twin or full.

[Anonymous]

Another vote for Twin XL! For a tall person, it is the length that matters. And if your son gets used to sprawling all around in a queen, it might not be beneficial when he starts to share a bed with a partner.