Would you give your kids the Master Bedroom?

[Skywalker]

I wouldn't. If I'd asked my parents for it they would have laughed themselves silly.

And yet yesterday I spoke to what is now the second person I know who has let their child have the master bedroom.

Case #1: Parents build a beautiful new custom home about five years ago. They told me that now they have moved all of their stuff into a smaller room and given their 5-year-old the master because he "just has so many toys".

Case#2: A family that said their teenage daughter "would not move" unless she was given the master bedroom. She was given it! (Sorry if that wasn't clear. I mean they sold their house to buy another one in the country and their daughter refused to move unless they let her have the master bedroom of the new house).

What do you think? Would you do it? Have you done it? What is the reason?

 

[JennyMominRI]

ICase#2: A family that said their teenage daughter "would not move" unless she was given the master bedroom. She was given it!

What do you think? Would you do it? Have you done it? What is the reason?

Um no..and the above childs refusal to move would never happen in my house.

 

[Acklander]

Not on your life.

 

[jsmith]

no way-and there wouldnt be any refusing to move at my house either-no teenager of mine would EVER make that mistake

 

[SC Minnie]

I wouldn't but neighbor growing up had the master bedroom while her parents had the much smaller room across the hall. She was much younger than her siblings and got everything she always wanted.

 

[HelenePA]

actually our girls were in the master until last week. Its just a room. I dont need lots of space they did. But with another baby on the way we needed the bigger room (baby will room in with us until he/she is at least sleeping thru the night) so they are in the middle room for now. We plan on extending the attic bedroom (which right now is a playroom) in the next few years. Then they will each have their own room up there. I swear we grew out of our house before we even moved in...

 

[TurboKitty]

The only scenario I could see giving children the master suite would be if perhaps they were going to have to share a bedroom anyway and there were more of them than parents, like three or more children of one gender.

But a single child getting the master room? Oh, no no no no.

 

[alabamaalan]

When we looked at the house we currently live in, it was empty as the previous owners had already moved out.

We told our oldest (of 2) daughters that she could have her pick of the bedrooms.

She immediately chose the master bedroom which caused my wife and I to laugh long and loud. We then more specifically gave her first choice between the other two.

 

[Castlebound]

They can have the master bedroom when they pay the mortgage!

 

[Teresa Pitman]

Well, I did this at one point - but let me explain...

We were living in a smallish three-bedroom house. I work from home and needed an office, so one room was turned into an office. That left a large master bedroom and a smaller second bedroom. It just made more sense to put the three kids in the larger bedroom (one set of bunk beds, one regular single bed, three dressers, lots of toys!) while we had the smaller room (one bed, two dressers).

Teresa

 

[meandtheguys2]

We love our Master bedroom...so...ummm...no way on earth!

I would rethink the whole toy issue...and the teen would have been left at the old house...j/k!

 

[bekkiz]

Growing up in a 2 bedroom condo, the three kids got the master, and my parents had the smaller bedroom. Certainly diffferent from your two examples (where the kids just sound like brats, and the parents are pushovers!), but I think it was good for us to have a little extra space.

 

[KelNottAt]

Never under the circumstances in the OP.

But, I do know that a local family put their new-born quads in the master bed room. The couple slept in one of the secondary rooms and the third bedroom was for visiting helpers. To me, that's practical and convenient.

That lasted about a year, until a new 4-br home was built. Then the parents took the master, and the babies were split 2 and 2. The 4th br was for the visiting helpers.

 

[DL55]

No, in both cases. My parents did when I was a child, but we were 5 people in a three bedroom. We were three girls so two would share the master bedroom, depending on who was getting along better at the time. But we never demanded the master bedroom!

 

[kimmikayb]

It's funny you should post this as I've been thinking about it lately. I think my circumstance is a little different...we have three rooms upstairs, one is the "master" but is smaller then the girl's room however it is directly connected to the upstairs bathroom. We have three extra rooms downstairs. One of which I moved DS12 into a few years ago. The other two are for our computer and exercise equipment and guest room. DS6 has his own room and DD6 and DD14 share the biggest room.

I've been having knee problems. Going up and down the stairs affect it the most. I'd like to be downstairs and we do have plans for an addition on our house with a master bedroom, probably next year. I also don't like DS sleeping downstairs by himself...not sure why...it just bothers me.

SO....all that to say.....I am considering moving DD14 into my "master" bedroom, moving the computer and exercise equipment into the guest room (we would no longer have a guest room, but doesn't matter...we only have my sister and her family twice a year) and we would move into the computer room.

Only thing stopping me is I'd still have to go up and down the stairs to use the shower. Plus, it seems the more I have been exercising, the better my knee gets. So actually we probably won't do it but it was a possibility in my mind.

Let me add....I wouldn't do it because my child had so many toys or because my child demanded it. If a child of mine demanded it, he/she would be laughed at.

 

[ilisao]

I wouldn't. If I'd asked my parents for it they would have laughed themselves silly.

And yet yesterday I spoke to what is now the second person I know who has let their child have the master bedroom.

Case #1: Parents build a beautiful new custom home about five years ago. They told me that now they have moved all of their stuff into a smaller room and given their 5-year-old the master because he "just has so many toys".

Case#2: A family that said their teenage daughter "would not move" unless she was given the master bedroom. She was given it! (Sorry if that wasn't clear. I mean they sold their house to buy another one in the country and their daughter refused to move unless they let her have the master bedroom of the new house).

What do you think? Would you do it? Have you done it? What is the reason?

No freaking way. Too many toys? Then we'd get rid of some if needed. Refusing to move? I am sorry, but no child of mine will ever "refuse" to move. Like someone else said, no kid in our house would make that mistake.

 

[Tigger2252]

Sure! As soon as they start writing the mortgage check they can have the "big room"! My teenager wouldn't have the guts to say she wasn't moving unless she got the master bedroom. If she ever did, my reply to her would be "I'll miss you!"

 

[NMAmy]

No. Although dd is an only child--since there are two full baths upstairs, she does have her own bathroom but it's not connected to her room. Poor baby has to cross the hall. I don't think it ever occured to her to even ask for the master--not that I would have said yes anyway.

 

[cinmell]

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I would rethink the whole toy issue...and the teen would have been left at the old house...j/k!

I'm with you!

 

[Cool-Beans]

I would and I did. There were 3 little boys and two grown ups and we grown-ups shared a bed. The kids needed the space for the beds and all the toys. So, they got the bigger bedroom. I wouldn't call it a "master bedroom"...it was a small apartment...but their bedroom was bigger!

It wasn't an issue of the kids being in charge. I was in charge and I made that decision. I am quite sure that the boys never even realized their bedroom was bigger. All they cared about in life was eating, drinking and making messes. So long as they had a room to mess up, they were happy.