How to get siblings to share a room peacefully
In a majority of Indian households, siblings are often required to share a room. While sharing a room can help foster a strong bond between the siblings, parents often have to witness a lot of arguments and fights, especially when their kids begin to grow up and enter the teenage years. Here’s how you can get your teens to share a room peacefully.
CREATE PERSONAL SPACE Getting siblings to share a room is often a tough task because they know that they won’t enjoy their privacy anymore. As parents, it is your responsibility to ensure that the siblings enjoy their personal space. You can do so by designing separate beds, work desks and book shelves for your children. This way, there’s actually a separate area for each child.
GET THEM USED TO EACH OTHER’S HABITS Sharing a room can be a problem if the siblings have opposite traits and temperament. In such a case, you need to set certain boundaries and be firm about them. For instance, if one child is extremely neat while the other one is a slob,
ensure that each
child takes turns in
keeping the room
and their belongings clean.
SET SLEEPING TIME-FRAME Though your kids are sharing a room, it is important for them to honour each other’s sleep schedule. If their school timings differ and one kid is an early riser, make sure you have an early lights-out policy.
BE FIRM AND CONSISTENT Do not encourage your children to stay up late. If one of them likes to stay up in the night to read or listen to music, get a bedside lamp or headphones for him/her so that they do not disturb their sibling.
GIVE THEM SOME ALONE TIME As they get older, it may be more challenging for siblings, especially a brother and sister to share a room. If possible, hang a curtain in the middle of the room or divide it using a slider. If this isn’t feasible, let each of them spend some time alone in the room, while asking the other to study or play in your room.
Create separate personal space for the siblings in the room
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