How old until a boy and girl cant share a room together??

They are only 5 months old. I think it will be fine for a little bit longer. I'd say around 2 years. That is when kids tend to start getting curious. How funny that people give you strange looks. I am sure they didn't look at you side ways when they were in the womb. And that is alot closer than being in the same room. We are talking about twins after all. It may even be healthier for them to be in the same room for a bit. Who knows. It might make them closer as siblings in the long run. Don't sweat it. You are the only one who has to walk in your shoes. Sounds like you are doing the best you can for the time being.

I had 3 children. 2 boys and a girl. They were right in a row. So I basically I had a 1 yr old, a 2yr old, and a 3yr old. We started out in a 2 bedroom, so all three were in together when they were very young. My daughter and youngest son were very close. They were like twins or best friends. When we moved into a 3 bedroom home, we put the boys together and gave our daughter her own room. At this point they were about 4, 5, and 6. Well my daughter would sneak out of her room and go sleep with her little brother. She missed him. It took months before this stopped happening. She just wanted to be with them and could not sleep unless she was. Eventually she learned that she could sleep in her room alone. I think that it is fine to do until they are about 5 but you might find it difficult to separate them if you wait this long. I think it is probably easier to begin the separation at around 3 because it gives them time to get used to it and learn how to sleep in different rooms.

I'm not really sure about the age these days but I do know that alot of children are growing up and experimenting alot sooner than what we did when we were growing up. The children are maturing alot faster also these days. They are beginning to hit puberty alot sooner too. I would separate them once one or the other started maturing, puberty wise.

I don't know of a 'legal age' they'd have to be separated but I'm sure there probably is one. I honestly think that it's a sad world when people think sick thoughts about siblings sharing a room. Why would people give you 'the look' now?! For Pete's sake they are just babies and they both need you. What do these people expect, you to move into one room with the girl while your hubby takes care of the boy...how, I don't even know what word goes here I just know that would be very wrong. My personal preference would be to separate them at some point before puberty and immediately following one or both of them expressing that they need the privacy. To me it seems silly to separate them when they are really young since they'll be sharing a lot of things....makes more sense to have all that in one room rather than two.

I think its actually 7 years old thats in the UK though and only if its your own privately OWNED home if you rent or in council property then the eldest child can be 5 at the most before a male and female child should no longer be sharing, doesnt always work out that way and to be honest as long as they arent over 10 then I see no reason to worry and as for other people tell them to find their own problems to dwell on and leave yours alone!

Well personally I think that 2 is definitely too young to have to worry about having their own room and even 5! I would say sharing up to age 7/8yrs old is fine and any person who gave me a funny look would be told where to go! lol After all it is only really when they start to develop that they need a bit of privacy and at the age of 5 that is still too young where I believe it is an issue! Anyway I hope it all works out for you and you do whatever you feel is best! x

Right now you are fine. I would say after age 5 it would be inappropriate for them to share a room. I have known others to let their boy and girl share a room well past that age and I think it is just plain wrong.

As a grandmother and having raised four children of my own and 3 foster kids. And now half way helping to raise 7 of my 12 grandkids. Kids of different genders don't really need their own rooms until about age 7 to 8 then they do need them. That is speaking for anyone in the USA. In some nations children share rooms up to the age of 12-14 with mixed gender. So it depends on your culture and society. But as a rule of thumb between 5 and 8 at your discretion. Anyone giving you odd or strange looks or comments before then has mental issues and problems and need to mind their own buisness unless they want to step in and offer to buy your a four or five bedroom house LOL.

Medically you should not have them in the same room together after they are around 18 months old, though in saying that it is a personal preference and depends on how much room one has available. If you go back around the 1960-1970's, when it was more common for families to have brothers and sisters in the same room together, a lot of the changes occurred due to welfare changes in society, which have steamed from Europe. Children's rights and for the most part changes within the law.

I don't know that there is any set age that you have to separate a boy from a girl but I know that my son and daughter used to sleep in the same room until they were 8 or 10 by choice! They each had their own room, as did their 2 sisters, but sometimes they would sleep in the same room because they wanted to since they were pretty close. They were only 15 months apart and he was very protective of his little sister. When one or the other desires privacy they definitely need their own room, but I think that the age of 2 is young if you don't want to separate them then. 5 might be okay, but the choice is really up to you and how you think they are handling being together in the room.

Around 5, i dont think you should leave it any longer than that. Upto 5 they are so young it wont create any problems they will just look at it as a sleep over or something fun.

I have five kids (4 boys and 1 girl). THey share the master bedroom (it looks like camp in there, full of bunkbeds). Them sharing a room so far is not an issue, as they all change in the bathroom (alone), and they each have their own bed, and half the room is decorated for the boys, and half for the girl. Someday it will probably be an issue, but not yet (good thing, as I have no where to put the girl yet!)

I would say sometime between 3 and 5 - but at least before they start to school. It is important for twins to have their own separate identities and having their own rooms with their own things can assist with that. I have seen on HGTV where they put a divider in the middle of a bedroom and each twin (they were also a boy and a girl) had their own designated half of the room, and the divider allowed for privacy in dressing or in time when they wanted to not be bothered.

I read an article somewhere in a parenting book, I think, it said that 3-4 years old is a good time to separate them into different rooms. But not over 4.

I have a set of girl /boy twins. My twinsare now 8 years old and will be 9 in october. They still share a bedroom together and they love to share. I shall let htem share until they are 11 years old as that is the age by law when a brother and sister shouldn't really share a room togehher. If they fall out before then and want a room each then I shall do it before then. But I and my husband are quite happy for them to share until they are 11 as longs as they want to. We live in a four bed house, we have a 10 year old son(who can't share with his 8 year old brother as it just wouldn't work in our case) We have an 19 year old daughter who hasn't long moved out to a shared house so we do have a spare room now, but for the time being that will still be our oldest daughters bedroom just in case something happens with her job and she has to move back home. I don't think she will move back at any time as she is really enjoying living on her own as she can do waht she likes etc. So as longs as your boy/girl twins enjoy sharing then let them for as long as they wish to, but not after the age of 11. Hope this helps you.