three kids two rooms both genders what do you do?

[Anonymous]

the oldest gets to choose, yes? or rotate every year?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:the oldest gets to choose, yes? or rotate every year?

Same sex kids share

[Anonymous]

Never rotate. What a pain. You are the parent, you decide what configuration makes most sense (when they're little, I might put a brother and sister together and have the baby in the other room; when they're older I'd rearrange), and you place them the way you want. Rethink as they grow.

[Anonymous]

Ages and sexes???

[Anonymous]

What are the ages and genders? Do not rotate, kids should have some stability in their living situation. And oldest shouldn't get to choose, not only is that abdicating your responsibility as parents to make the fairest decision for everyone but it also sets up resentment between the siblings if anyone is unhappy with the oldest's decision.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Never rotate. What a pain. You are the parent, you decide what configuration makes most sense (when they're little, I might put a brother and sister together and have the baby in the other room; when they're older I'd rearrange), and you place them the way you want. Rethink as they grow.

Ditto, with the single kid in whichever room is smaller. From title, sounds like you have both boys and girls so ultimately, past the baby stage, I'd split them up by gender.

[Anonymous]

Once they are big, split by gender with the two getting the better room. Spend a bit of money making the room appropriate for some privacy, either now or at the right age.

[Anonymous]

Girl boy girl 14 10 6 so Malcolm gets his own room?

[Anonymous]

Have you asked them what they think?

[Anonymous]

The problem is the age gap between same sexes. The 14yo probably doesn’t want to share Erna 6yo, but I think by around 10-11 boys and girls probably want privacy from the other gender. That’s tricky.

[Anonymous]

I have the same age split and genders. When they were little, the two oldest shared and the baby had the nursery. Then when the baby was old enough for a bed, we put the girls together and our son (middle) got his own room. They are now 18, 16, 13 and the arrangement has worked well, even though the rooms are small and they share a bathroom. My oldest is heading to college in the fall, and my youngest will have her own room for the first time she can remember!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Never rotate. What a pain. You are the parent, you decide what configuration makes most sense (when they're little, I might put a brother and sister together and have the baby in the other room; when they're older I'd rearrange), and you place them the way you want. Rethink as they grow.

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[Anonymous]

Trade the boy in for another girl

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Trade the boy in for another girl

I would trade the 14-year-old girl in for a boy, actually. A teen girl might be more territorial about privacy from 10-year-old sister than a teen boy from a 10-year-old brother.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Girl boy girl 14 10 6 so Malcolm gets his own room?

Of course. Why is this even a debate?

The teen and preteen girls share the bigger room.

The young elementary boy with the legos, bey blades and "science experiments" gets his own smaller room.