Question about children sharing a room

shop-to-drop

Are they brother and sister? If so I see no problem at all what is she worried about?

DeeDee74

my local council don't have no actual age either.
all council's are different should be able to find details on that council's web site under accolations or points system.
thay normaly award more point's if children over certain age of different sex share room.

skintchick

When I was at college, my friend was 20 and shared a bedroom with her 14-year-old brother. She used to walk in on him having s*x with his girlfriend :eek:

Taye

At least she has a house big enough that they have a bedroom, i have 2 sons and they share there room with me!!! with the youngest actually sharing the bed with me... while the oldest is 9 and sleeping on a fold out camp bed in the corner.

Goodness know's what we will do when he's 14 ... and still sharing with his mum.. eek... i'm sure his friends will LOVE that.

Right now we have 0% chance of moving, we arn't entitled to a council house so we just have to put up with what we have.

tuggy

There is no "law" on this. If you own your house with a mortgage and have your children sharing the police wont come and knock on the door. Likewise if you rent privately. There are "guidelines" which are totally different. This is not a law, as in a UK statute! Some councils have these guidelines for an ideal world. Sadly councils are over-stretched and we dont live in an ideal world. I cant really see a problem with 12 and 13 brother and sister sharing. In some cultures whole families sleep in the one BED! Its family! They should be grateful they have a home anyway.

funguy

To answer your question...yes it is legal for them to share.

Your options are to share with one of the children if you (as a parent) feel it is inappropriate for them to share. Or, feel free to rent a bigger house privately yourself.

tuggy

Taye wrote: »

At least she has a house big enough that they have a bedroom, i have 2 sons and they share there room with me!!! with the youngest actually sharing the bed with me... while the oldest is 9 and sleeping on a fold out camp bed in the corner.

Right now we have 0% chance of moving, we arn't entitled to a council house so we just have to put up with what we have.

Well said! Exactly my point.

mrcow

karenw wrote: »

Is it legal for a boy age 12 and a girl age 13 to share a bedroom, i have heard the council won't re-house and say it is perfectly fine to share at that age surely this can't be right

Yes it's legal.

And it's perfectly fine.

looby75

mrcow wrote: »

Yes it's legal.

And it's perfectly fine.

until they start fighting like my 2 do lol

PolishBigSpender

emlou2009 wrote: »

i'm on the waiting list for council accommodation, i do apologise for daring to have a child that i cant afford to house. i suppose you think i should have had an abortion when i was surprised to find that the contraception i had been using for nearly 10 years had failed? how dare you comment on a situation without knowing the circumstances surrounding them.

In your case, if you didn't want to become pregnant, then why didn't you use a backup method of contraception? The pill combined with condom use is a certain way to avoid unwanted pregnancies. Utimately, it's your personal responsibility - not the State.

you do realise a lot of people are losing the homes they have paid mortgages on for years because their businesses have gone down the pan and that these people are being forced into council accommodation?

That's their fault for being financially irresponsible and not planning accordingly. The fact that these people have failed to provide for their children isn't the States problem, but their own.

Certainly, if the council has already provided accomodation -then they should be thankful for what they've got, rather than complaining and trying to get the State to pay for more.