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For my parents and I, it was the day I left for college. They knew I was the type of person that was independent wouldn't return living with them unless things got really bad. Never did return home. When I visited during college, I was in a guest room. With my younger brother, he is 30+ and still has a room setup for him; shows how much my parents had confidence in his ability to support himself. Then again, their house is huge for just the two of them now.
With the limited space we currently have, we plan on repurposing my elder son's room very quickly; it will be for my two younger sons. My younger sons are currently sharing what used to be our dining room. Yeah.. small house with a large family. Space is premium and we don't let any of it go to waste.
What is the right time to transition a child’s bedroom to another purpose?
I’m leaning toward when the child graduates college and moves most of their stuff out of the family home.
I think it's different with every child. When they rent an apartment and pay their own rent. When they buy a house. Certainly, when they marry, unless an agreement has been made to let the young couple live in the bedroom to save money in order to buy a house.
Personally, we have had no issues with boomerang kids. They are self-sufficient. We will always have a guest room that can be their bedroom - in case. I personally doubt that will happen, though.
Family are the people who always have a room and a bed for you. So for us, there will always be space in our home and our hearts.
When they get their own place, they will empty out much of their childhood bedroom, but somehow we still have stuff from our youngest, who is now 34. Because our family has grown with marriages and grandchildren, we still have beds in all the bedrooms for overnight guests.
Two moved back with us for short periods over the years, we let them know where they can stay in the house, not necessarily their old bedroom.
My mom's house is still set up like it was when we were kids and when we visit, we stay in my old bedroom with all the same furniture.
We removed my daughter's childhood decorations but, other than that, have not repurposed the room. We live in a large metropolitan area and she lives about five hours away so she has taken advantage of long weekends to visit us through the year. She is now married but still visits occasionally.
If I wanted to repurpose the room, I would buy a sofabed or somthing similar for visits. I have fond memories of sleeping on my grandmother's sofabed in her one bedroom apartment.
We are not there yet (all three kids are still at home) but when the time comes, we will definitely repurpose their rooms. Our house is tiny and we have no extra space whatsoever. Even turning one of the three bedrooms into an office/den/craft room combined would be helpful.
On the up side, we'll never need to "downsize." And I'm sure we'll leave at least one room set up as a bedroom for when the kids visit or for guests.
What is the right time to transition a child’s bedroom to another purpose?
I’m leaning toward when the child graduates college and moves most of their stuff out of the family home.
In my house my child will always have room for himself when visiting. It's called now a "guest" room and it's neutral in design. There are still some extra clothes he could use as needed (PJ, bath robe, slippers, some pants, shirts, hygiene/grooming stuff etc)
He is welcome at any time.
What is the right time to transition a child’s bedroom to another purpose?
I’m leaning toward when the child graduates college and moves most of their stuff out of the family home.
My parents got rid of my room when I told them I was not moving home after college. They always would welcome me into the home, but I never had a room there again.
My parents changed my room into a guest room after I moved out of the house about 8 months after I graduated from college. I had a job after college that was a job I had throughout college, but I eventually found a job in my field and moved out.
Yeah, why? If any of my children or my husband's, need a place to stay for a while, we will ALWAYS have room in our house.
We didn't start a family to pull the rug out from under them. Parenting is not an 18 yearlong side hustle.
Some of the people on this board it seems, just sit around and cackle, rubbing their hands tother, awaiting their kid's 18 th B'day so they can change the locks and give them the boot.
They seem to take sadistic pleasure in this. I find it cruel. For some today, cruelty is the point.
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