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Sharing a Room With a Sib
From the Editors of Girl World Daily |
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 Sure,
sharing a room isn’t the ideal
situation. But it happens. Here are some
tips for carving out some personal space
in a shared room, setting sibling
boundaries, compromising on the decor
and more!
“I’m dying for a little alone time!”
Maybe you want to crash on your bed,
turn on your tunes and chill.
“Sometimes, my little sis gets really
annoying, and I just want her to leave
me alone,” says GWD reader Leah, 9,
who’s been sharing a room with her
sister, Laurel.
Room share boundaries: Not in the mood
to hang out? Instead of squawking
“you’re always bothering me,” work out a
schedule so each of you gets some
private time. Maybe on Mondays and
Wednesdays you get an hour to yourself
in the afternoon; she gets the same on
Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Bonus bedroom tip: If you want a friend
to sleep over, ask your sister if she’ll
snooze on the couch, then let her have a
friend over the following weekend.
“My sister raids my side of the closet.”
Sharing a bedroom doesn’t mean sharing
everything in that room. “Once, I wore
my sister’s new sweater. I was walking
down our street with a friend when she
drove by, slammed on the brakes and made
me take it off right there,” says GWD
reader Deb, 14.
Room share boundaries: Make an agreement
that before “borrowing” each other’s
clothes, shoes or jewelry, you’ll ask
first -- and you each reserve the right
to say no. Respect each other’s right to
have dibs on your own personal
belongings.
Bonus bedroom tip: Mutual respect must
flow past the wardrobe too. Some areas
are completely out of bounds: diaries,
desk drawers and personal computers.
“Help! She puts princess posters all
over our walls!”
When sharing a room, sisters need to be
able to express themselves. But maybe
you’re a bold and edgy kinda gal, and
your sis is into frilly and fluffy
stuff. How can you create a peaceful
space without dividing the room with
duct tape?
Room share boundaries: Start with the
walls. Get ideas from decorating books
and have a planning session. If you
can’t agree, pick two colors -- perhaps
bold but complementary, like orange and
blue. Then decorate your area with wall
stickers, dangly mobiles or a mural.
Bonus bedroom tip: What to do if you’re
a neat freak and she’s a slob? The room
is lived in, so it doesn’t have to be
perfect, but set a weekly tidy-up
session. (You can probably get your
parents to back you up on this one.)More "How To" Articles >>>
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