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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why would your child need to entertain a friend in  your bedroom?   Explore your drawers and closests?  Bathroom products?  No thanks![/quote]

But OP of the other thread seemed to think it should be an obvious, bright-line rule for any child to never enter a parental bedroom, not merely that kids should go find somewhere else to play. That’s what I don’t get. My kids breeze in and out of my bedroom all the time. I wouldn’t expect them to be like “BUT WAIT NOW I HAVE A GUEST SO I CAN’T” and much less so for the guest to have been taught not to ever enter an adult’s bedroom. [/quote]

Well trained children should know this.[/quote]

+1. My children have been raised to even ask if they can go into their grandparents’ bedroom, and guess what? The answer isn’t always “yes.” For example, my mom wraps gifts on a card table in the corner of her bedroom during the Christmas season, and my dad sometimes works on model airplanes (drying glue). And with my ILs, my FIL has some medical devices that he would rather not have them see and ask about. So the answer isn’t always “yes” even for very close family.[/quote]

So. Much. This. My uncle has Parkinson’s, and there’s some medical equipment he wouldn’t want others to see. When we have family events at his house (it’s easiest for he and his wife to stay in place, and family to bring over the food and then clean up before leaving), all the grandkids/nieces and nephews have been raised to respect privacy and not go into any bedroom unless invited to do so.

Some people have expensive workout equipment in their bedroom. Some people have jewelry in their bedroom. And yes, I’ll say it, I do have sex toys!

Post-COVID, my main work space is now in a corner of my bedroom. I have a computer and monitors and work papers in there; Little Timmy doesn’t need to be near any of that.

Here’s what: if you are fine with kids and visitors being in your bedroom, that’s great. But it is also fine that I am not OK with kids and visitors being in my bedroom, without first gaining permission to be there. As evidenced by this very thread, about 50% of the population doesn’t want your kids in their bedrooms during play dates, so guess what you need to teach your kids not to do?[/quote]

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