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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I posted earlier and said elementary school. But I think a lot depends on number and personalities of kids, as well as the size of your house. If you have a 3000 sq ft home and one 2yo girl, I'm not impressed if you can keep your white couches in perfect order - presumably you have a cavernous basement playroom complete with art station etc. We have a perfectly reasonably sized house for close-in DC (1900sqft) but there is no basement so our living/family room takes a ton of abuse.  I didn't see too much damage until I had a second child, who arrived when #1 was almost in K. Somehow there was always a pencil lying within reach! [/quote]

We have a 900 square foot house with two very active boys.  We've never had an incident.  We keep stuff put out of their way with a lock on the closet.  We keep our couch covered but more because of the food we spill after they go to bed (we have strict eat at the table policy). That's a bit silly to say, oh, you can do it with a huge basement playroom - that's not what many have and we still manage to keep our kids from not being destructive.  It takes a lot of active parenting and keeping on top of every behavior.  Maybe your grand 1900 square feet is too large if you can't keep a handle on the kids/behaviors.  The nice thing about a small house is you see and hear everything.[/quote]

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