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[quote=Anonymous]To everyone who still answers this post in 2020, the original post is from 2013. The OPs kids are probably pretty grown up by now. 
And to everyone who talked about this being a 1%er problem - you really don't know the person's situation, so please don't try to form an opinion about the person's entire life just based on one question. 
Like they said, they grew up poor and abused and and worked hard to beat the odds to get to a point to where they can now have a playroom for their child. How is this a bad thing?
Also, its not like its Jeff Bezos posting here on what to do with his 15th yatch or anything - if someone dedicates a room in their house to being a playroom, its their choice and it doesn't mean they are filthy rich or that they don't have real world problems.

That said, for anyone who reads this thread in the future wondering at what point kids grow out of having a playroom, whatever their situation may be - I'd say that a playroom kind of morphs with the child/children. It can always continue to be a space where they are creative, where they learn, and where they have fun and build memories - the types of activities simply change over time. Whether you have several kids or one, its about making the room accommodate those activities and creating a space where the kids or even the entire family can spend together. 
Our playroom started out as a place with baby and toddler toys where our very young kids could drawn around and explore safely. Toys changed with the years as they kept growing. The key is purging often.  But even as kids grow out of playing with toys in the traditional sense, they continue to be creative, whether it is drawing, painting, crafting, reading, building, playing games, learning, or even exercising. The space continues to be a place where they do all these things.

By the way, we too grew up with very little - and carving out this space for our kids in the house was something we really wanted to do while raising a family and prioritized and worked for. Many people have formal living rooms in their homes just for guests for instance - we don't. How you use the space in your home, is your decision - and many homes are built to house and raise families after all, creating a space for that within the home is up to the family.[/quote]

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