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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]By not allowing the youngest to have the room, you are sending the message to her that birth order matters.  It is more important for the oldest to keep a large vacant room than for the youngest to have the space she needs.  That her voice does not matter.

As long as you are OK with the message you are sending to your daughter - it is fine.[/quote]

Yup. And they will carry this attitude into other family dynamics.

I'm the youngest who was given the cruddiest room. My brother and sister were four and six years older and their rooms sat there empty throughout my childhood years. It was ridiculous and yes my older siblings are entitled and still treat me poorly.

Now my sisters oldest is moving away to college and her brother wants her room (twice the size) and her parents said no because my niece said she wouldn't come home for breaks if they have away her room.[/quote]

If my DD ever threatened to not come home for breaks b/c we gave her bedroom to her brother that would be fine with me ....... she could also use her own money to pay for any travel she wanted to take - and possibly make the next tuition payment.[/quote]

My niece's parents are both oldest children who are very entitled.[/quote]

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