Name: Michelle

Colfax, WA

Number of kids: 3

Ages of kids: 2 1/2, 7 & 10

Problem: We have a 2 bedroom house and my 2 yr old son & 7 yr old daughter share a room. They have a bunk bed with a double bed on the bottom and a single bed on the top. The oldest boy who is 10 only comes every other weekend and sleeps on the top bunk. My question is at what age is it necessary or important to have them have their own bedrooms? My daughter is scared to sleep by herself and without the lights on and my son also loves to sleep with his sister. During school though, it takes forever to get them to go to bed. It is not one or the other who is the problem, sometimes the little one is energetic and sometimes my daughter keeps him up. I tried to talk her into sleeping on the top bunk on school nights but she doesn't stay up there and doesn't like to sleep by herself. I'm afraid she's not getting enough sleep on school nights, yet I don't want to send her out to the couch when it is not her fault always.

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