Opposite gender siblings sharing room....

bonnie_2

It's utter nonsense and only concerns you if you want extra points on a council list. Years ago my fil was one of 15 i very much doubt they all had there own space. my mum always slept in the same bed as her brother and sister as there was 9 in a 3 bed roomed house. If kids have there own bedrooms then they are very lucky. Don't listen to other peoples rubbish.

singlehouseholder

I wouldn't worry too much about it. Our local council see fit to allow my brother and his wife have a bedroom, then let a 13year old, 11 year old and twin 2 year olds share a room, having said that they all are boys so why they complain I don't know, yeah right!!

looby75

I live in a 2 bedroom house and my 13yr old dd and 5yr old ds have to share a room. The council know this but I've never had the police or anyone knocking on my door ready to arrest me lol

don't worry it's perfectly legal

cheap-n-cheerful

Agree with the above it's all very daft. As far as I know it's a way to justify a bigger council property if you have kids of opposite genders in same bedroom. I think from a friend in this situation in the past it was when the children were over 8 years old. Crazy really.

welshcakes

I used to work in the HOusing Dep't of council and policy was that opp sex siblings could share bedroom up to the age of 11 yrs of age - we had to turn down a lot of applications for larger accommodation on the tenant's argument that their children were of an age that they needed separate room.

I know of no current law that makes bedroom sharing unlawful and perhaps the OP's friend meant to suggest that after a certain age social services may have concerned; but again, ss in the council I worked for had no interest unless there were pre-existing issues of concern already on record, or they received a complaint that suggested there was a child abuse issue.

purplepurple

Thanks so much for all the replies.... I must admit when she said it my reply was "bo****ks".... but I thought I'd just check!:rotfl:

My two absolutely adore sharing a room and get quite upset whenever we mention moving and getting their own rooms... so even if we did move, I think they'd still want to share!

Thanks again:D