Teaching Your Children to Share a Room
Here Are 3 Great Tips for Helping Your Kids Learn to Share a Room
1. Sharing a Room Doesn't Mean Sharing a Lifestyle
One important thing about children is that they need to be able to express their own style and individuality. Having said that, you still need the room to have some sense of a common style. Have each child pick out a basic shade of color and then let them decorate their room with it. That shade of color will be how each child will know what items in their room are theirs and not their siblings. For example, paint each shelf in a bookcase a different color so that each child knows where their books go.
2. Sharing a Room Means Having Their Own Space
Sharing a room with a sibling can sometimes make it seem very busy. Children need to have some alone time without the distractions of their brothers or sisters. Let your children discover where their quiet spots are and encourage them to use those places, no matter how strange they may seem. Some kids will head to the closet with a flashlight and a book to read. Other kids will hide under their bed and play pretend for their quiet time. Still others will just curl up in the corner of their rooms and listen to their music.
3. Sharing a Room Will Probably Mean Conflicts
There is a reason why it is called sibling rivalry. Kids sharing a room will ultimately find themselves in situations where they won't agree. One will want the window open and the other is cold, or there will be an argument on what time to shut the lights off at night. When that happens, teach your children to resolve their issues by making a fun game out of it. Try having them play, rock, paper, scissors for example. They learn a fun game and it usually ends up as a fair decision on their argument.
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