Boy/Girl room sharing and sleepovers, how to make everyone happy!

[pomplemoose]

my 6yo ds and 8yo dd share a room. This isn't going to change any time soon, and they really dont mind. My question is dd is really getting to the point where sleepovers are very common. Would you as a parent be comfortable having your daughter sleep in the same room with my son as well. We could have him come in our room for the night, but i dont feel like he should be kicked out of his room because she wants a friend over you know?

Also for anyone else who lives the apartment life how do you deal with kids visiting and limited space? Home ownership is definitely more common around here so most kids dont have the space issues we deal with. their beds are lofted and there's quite a bit of space in their room but with more than one friend each i begin to feel like i cant think.

TIA

[happysmileylady]

When I was a kid, sleepovers occured on the floor in the family room. Although, we always had a livingroom and a family room so my parents could do their thing in the living room and us kids could do our thing in the family room. People who came over always brought a sleeping bag and we just draped them on the floor. Watch videos late (like till 11, not super late: ), eat popcorn, play board games etc. Is it possible for you and your DH to just hang out in your bedrooms for the night and let the girls have the living room (I assume in an apartment, there's only one room, not a living room and a family room, right?)

As a mom of girls, I will say that no, I probably would not want my dd to be spending the night with her friend if the friend's little brother was in the same room.

[eclipse]

We usually had sleep overs in the living room, too - but I wouldn't care one bit if there was a little boy sleeping in the same room as my daughter. My ds and dd share a room, and I would imagine that if she had a friend spend the night and they slept in the livingroom, he would want to come along anyway - he doesn't like to sleep alone. Honestly, I would expect anybody who had issues with opposite gender siblings being around (esp. at this age) to not send their child to my home - it's one of those things that can't really be controlled for.

[greenemami]

nak. it wouldn't bother me in the least to have a six year old boy in the same room. a teenage boy, yes, but not a little boy. the living room suggestion is a good or maybe have a sleepover with your son in the living room instead, he might think it is fun.

[pomplemoose]

thanks everyone! I was thinking it would be alright but there's always that inkling feeling that I'm just thinking of my own kids. We usually do the living room thing but sometime DH wants to be able to use the computer or go downstairs in general without annoying the girls. We could also move a TV into the kids room and have the downstairs more or less to ourselves but then DS more left out since he doesn't do sleep overs yet. I've really been slacking on making time for them to see friends this summer besides neighbor kids. feel like i should really get on that.