I am working on planning my very distant dream home!

If you could would you rather build lots of small bedrooms for your kids to have privacy, or large sleeping quarters one for each gender?

I would lean toward separate bedrooms - or at least the potential for private rooms once the kids are in their tweens. But that's just based on my own personality as a kid growing up in a largeish family. I always craved having my own quiet space.

BUT, my sisters who are closer in age to one another, preferred to share a room together (and even went on to share an apartment during college). So, I guess it depends on the personalities in your house more than anything. :)

i would go with large sleeping quarters for when they're younger & then small rooms for when they reach their teen yrs - for privacy purposes.

my teens could _never_ share a room. no way, no how. too many hormones, fighting, slamming of doors would happen. i'll pass on all of that.

i would go with large sleeping quarters for when they're younger & then small rooms for when they reach their teen yrs - for privacy purposes.

my teens could _never_ share a room. no way, no how. too many hormones, fighting, slamming of doors would happen. i'll pass on all of that.

This is what I already struggle with with my 5 yr old, she really wants her own space. And I am really wanting to give it to her, although I don't have the room in this house.

I have 4 children, and 5 bedrooms. Our twin girls, age 6, share a room, the boys have their own room (ages 2 and 1) and the spare room is for DH when the kids are sleeping in my bed! LOL!

It's really important to us to have a spare bedroom for one of the grown-ups to have just in case someone is sick, etc. For now, I can't imagine splitting up the girls and dealing with laundry - that would be a complete nightmare - but as long as they like being together, they're happy. I imagine they might want their own rooms when they get older, so I'd probably put the boys together in that case.

I like small bedrooms - I think kids sleep better if it's not filled with toys. Have a separate playroom downstairs. It can be an office or study later on.

More importantly, if I knew we were going to have 4 kids, I would have put in an extra bathroom upstairs - with windows. We have 2.5 baths in our house. My bathroom is humongous, so it's open for sharing - but I imagine it's going to be tricky when they're all in high school...

I'd prefer separate bedrooms. Akiva currently has his own room - which is great for him. I think everyone would benefit from having their privacy and their room set up the way they need it. Tehila will eventually get her own room as well - default as the only girl. That means that Y.Nachman, Rashi, and Gedalya will have to share - unless I break down and put someone else in the basement as well. We have 3 bedrooms upstairs and 2 in the basement.