Is it true that babies and children of the opposite sex are'nt aloud in the same bedroom at night?

Question

My mom, now 56 yrs old, was telling me about how if I were to have 2 kids, and one be a girl and one be a boy, that I would need a 3 bedroom place. And I asked why. She told me that you cant have a child of the opposite sex in the same room. She was saying how (she has 3 boys and 2 girls) me, i had always had a separate room from my brothers because fo this, and my brothers all shared a same room. Now I dont know it this was just in florida because thats where I was raised, but can someone tell me if this was the truth back then or even present, or if my mom was just being cautious about us kids toegtehr and if so can you find me a link...

I called the state, and actually learned that most tenants if you have children of the opposite sex, you have to have separate bedrooms for them, and also thelaws where I lived when I was little, stated that children of the opposite sex needed separate bedroom, as for Indianna, California, Florida, UK, and Australlia, and any children, of parents who obtain state assistance, or section 8 housing, need kids in a separate room. This needs me to believe that parents who have children are always correct.. thanks to everyone with detail though, but none of you could find me a website and I did on my own search!

Answer 1

This IS a requirement when receiving Section 8 housing assistance. Children of opposite sex, if one or both are over the age of 4 yr. cannot sleep in the same room. Also not more than 2 children to a room. So if you have 3 boys and 1 girl you must have a 4 bedroom place to receive sec. 8.

Answer 2

My family did foster care when I was in 3rd grade for my cousins and I shared a room with my cousin who was almost 3 months older than me. I don't see anything wrong with it when they are young, but after they hit about 12 it is time to give them seperate rooms. It would be pretty awkward if the boy had a friend over and half of his room was pink with his sister's bra on the floor! And the girl would feel very uncomfortable if her boyfriend found out she shared a room with her brother or if she walked in to find her brother kissing some girl. Plus where would they change into their clothes? That would be really awkward. When the kids hist about 10, I would start looking for a bigger place.

Answer 3

Most states actually have rules and regulations about this with regard to people who are fostering children, or adopting children, or people who are on federal or state assistance.

Young children of opposite sex should be fine in a shared room, but once body curiosity and other sex curiosity begins taking effect, it is time for separate bedrooms for privacy's sake.

Everyone needs a space to call their own in life.

Answer 4

It's okay for them to be in the same room when they are babies and very young. They should be separated around the time they begin noticing the difference in body parts. Yes, your mom was right. Some are separated at the beginning when there are plenty of bedrooms.

Answer 5

She is right. Once children of the opposite sex reach a certain age (I think it's three or five depending on where you live) they have to be in seperate rooms.

If you live in an aparment they will even break your lease and make you move if they find out about a brother and sister sharing a bedroom.

Answer 6

we've a 14 12 months previous daughter and an 11 12 months previous son sharing a mattress room. Our interior of sight authority have instructed us that we could desire to bid on residences if we could like a bigger residing house. we come across this fairly perplexing as we purely have minimum factors because of the fact we are purely lacking a mattress room. yet below the comparable breath they say that the babies should not be sharing a room, as their policies state that youngsters of opposite sexes could desire to have their very very own room after the age of 10, it extremely is a seize 22 extremely!!

Answer 7

Well, legally, I doubt there could be any law of that nature because some families still all live in one room together, because that's all they can afford. The government cannot penalize you for not making enough money to have 3 bedrooms, it's not ethical. However from a development point of view, it could be an important key in establishing gender identity by allowing them to grow up in an environment that reflects their gender and identity. Also since small kids tend to explore themselves that could have something to do with it too, I don't really know what her logic is for sure, but I don't think something like that could be a law.

Answer 8

There is no rule against having a boy and a girl share a room. I shared a room with my brother for the first five years of his life. However, boys and girls will need their own space as they get older, due to development and body changes, because they will feel the need for their own space and privacy.

Answer 9

no I think its ok for brothers and sisters to share a room. Maybe when they become teenagers it might not be the best thing to have them share a room because they will need there own space, but for young children I think its fine. I shared a room with my brother when i was little but we had seperate rooms once I turned 10.

Answer 10

Your mom was good to be cautious. Me and my two brothers made out with our two female cousins in a bedroom when we were kids. I also had a friend in elementary school who used to feel up his sister. One time he took her shirt off and felt her breasts and he wanted me to pretend to take pictures with a broken camera like I was a photographer for Hustler or something. My brother had a girlfriend who he used to get naked with and play doctor when they were very young...need I say more? Separate rooms might not be a bad idea.