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Should The Living Room Be Kept As A Play Free Zone For The Kids?

Lashon-Thigpen, 2006-11-12 04:30:14
How might i include my kids in the adult areas of the home without letting these social spaces become a play room. Should the living room be play free? Where do you draw the line and how much do you take your kids into account when decorating your home? I am redesigning my house and have many things i need to consider. If you have any personal experence and wouldn't mind sharing it i would be greatful. Thank you -w

2006-11-12 05:39:25 Tamala-Stern wrote:

It was always clean and ready for guests to sit and relax.
Other than your bedroom and kitchen you need another adult room for YOUR guests.
That was HER room.
If you have a family room or den then I would designate that as kid friendly.
My Mother's living room was all white.
Who wants to go to a home and visit where the tv is on, toys are on the floor and kids are running in and out?yea because children could get hurt in a living room they can bump into coffee tables, doors, couches, like make them a room where they an roam free you know like no pointy dangerous things space to run and play with toys.
But you need to have a room that only adults use.
Children can respect that.
We were allowed in their on special occasions and Christmas.

2006-11-12 12:58:52 Jon-Bauerle wrote: why would you want a child free zone the idea of bringing your child up is sharing all of life's experiences with them not shutting them away in a play room if you want a neat home without children don't have them, maybe you don't want tons of tows in the living room, but to stop them altogether it's not normal. why would you not want your children to play in any of your rooms. i know people who don't let their children have toy's downstairs. or friends in to play with them to me that's so un-natural why have kids if you have to put these kinds of restrictions on then....

2006-11-12 19:37:58 Sindy-Sachse wrote: in my opinion when you have kids they come first and they should be free to go anywhere in the house and guest need to understand that your children are important to you and respect that play casino roulette. as to buying nice furniture, you should really wait until your child(ren) are older cause beleive me you will stress over it getting damaged. as with almost everyone that answered this question it just isn't natural to put that kind of restriction on your child(ren). just have a clean up and quite time in the evening baccarat casino. believe me the less you stress over the small stuff and think practical the better it will be on you and everyone else.

2006-11-12 07:11:21 Jayson-Drumm wrote:

At our previous house we were able to keep the lounge toy free.
The kids were only allowed in there to relax after their bath, before bed.
This meant that we could relax once the kids were in bed, and the toys would be in another room.
In this house it is more difficult as it is more open plan, but now the kids are a bit older they tend to keep their toys in their bedrooms.
Hope that helps.

2006-11-18 11:16:08 Shane-Parkinson wrote: When our kids were small we had a playroom where they kept their toys/videos/general trash.The living room was an adult space.The kids were allowed to bring toys into the living room, but they had to tidy up and take all the toys back to the playroom when they were told to - at bedtime, or maybe when adult visitors were due to arrive.This worked very well for us.I hope you find a solution that works well for your family.yes. explain to the children they have a place to themselves, as do the adults, and if they want to socialize with adults, there is no playing...but turn about is fair play...go to their space...and play!!!

2006-11-12 05:38:49 Terence-Enderly wrote: If you have a basement that is finished, I would have that as a play zone for the kids (if not they always have their room). I think having at least one room in the house kid/play-free is a nice thing , that way when you have company over, you all can feel like adults and enjoy each other's time without seeing a bunch of toys around. If you have a living room and a family room, I would let one or the other be a sitting area and the other the play area for the kids.

2006-11-12 07:09:09 Kyra-Christner wrote: No, if you have a basement that where they should play. If not take them out in the backyard,playgroun their rooms, set limits!!!!!!!!

2006-11-13 07:30:01 Erin-Earl wrote:

When we move I would like to have a play area to throw all of his toys if we ever have company over, but I'm not going to stress out about toys being in the living room.
Plus his bedroom is upstairs, it's safer for him to be downstairs (only have living room, bathroom, kitchen down there) than climbing up and down all day.
i would do what is best for you I'm lucky to have a living room that is large so toys on one area and mummy and daddy in another when ther older the conservatory will be the play room and we will get the living room back as a kiddie free zone.I think when there 3 up a play room is a good idea.Well we have a toddler, so he carries his toys everywhere, I'd be a tired mama if I tried to keep all of his toys in his room.

2006-11-12 06:02:06 Mariano-Cady wrote: It depends on the ages of the kids. Once my kids hit 5, I didnt allow toys in the living room and before that it was maybe one or two toys allowed.

2006-11-16 08:52:19 Lilia-Pery wrote: I think it really depends on the size of the house if there is a dining room thats not used much then this might be a good idea.Also i encourage my son to play in his room then he is learning to play on his own without me and through this he seems to be a lot more creative, while redesigning the house why not make the kids bedrooms more fun and let them have lots of input as to what they would like in their rooms and what would make them want to play in their, make the living room play areas occasionally but make sure they know that toys do not belong in there and must be tidied away roleta play.

2006-11-12 05:38:43 Alana-Bailey wrote: Depending on age of said children, just advise what is acceptable and what is not. After 7pm my living room is my space, and the children know that anything of theirs is to be put away. My children are 5,7 & 12.

2006-11-15 13:57:27 Gene-Greenwood wrote: you need your space as well and kids need clear guidelines so dont give an inch on this one im sick of seeing parents i no laying down the law on a subject and then giveing in caus the kid screame about it then loosing there temper as soon as the kids do wha theyv gotten away with allready children lern to walk from watching us talk from listening and enevitably how to behave from the behaviour they see so be unrelenting on the rools you set or theyl always argue your decissions

2006-11-12 05:44:19 Precious-Zimmer wrote: for the livingroom here i allow:games, blocks, and a couple dolls. everything else is upstairs in their rooms. no need to have everything in here all the time. they are allowed to bring a toy or 2 down, but must be able to take it with them back up the stairs.

2006-11-12 05:49:04 Cathryn-Knisely wrote:

my home is only a smll 3 bed house where i have just a smll living room,kitchen and bathroom downstairs and due to getting fed up of tidying uo toys etc from my living room my children have there toys upstairs as they are 6 and 10 yrs of age.
as i got to the stage of fed up falling over toys when there babbies they had a sml tub downstairs with basics in but as older i think if thewy want to play they go either in there rooms or if weather not to bad outside.
but for family time where we have meals and chat or watch a film together we sit in the living room play casino roulette roleta play.
with no toys.
as otherwise kids stuff can take over your home by all means if you have bigger home give them a playroom for themselves where they can play but make sure they take the responsibility of tidying up or you'll have created a rod for your own back.

2006-11-12 05:41:11 Cayla-Hayhurst wrote: my mom had a rule: before dad came home at 4 p.m., we were to have tidy rooms and not sit in the living room or do noisy stuff in it. this changed to 5 p.m play casino roulette. when his hours changed. i think all parents should have some set hour they agree is either family time or adult time, and the adult time should come after family time, and family time could possibly include allowing babies to play with a toy or two while the others chat about their day play casino roulette.

2006-11-13 09:44:58 Damon-Schuth wrote:

I let my children play with toys in the living room I encourage them to put their toys away afterwards but usually end up putting them away I don`t mind as long as not too many toys are in the living room.
After all it is the children's home as well as the adults it`s nice to live as a family and even join in with their gamesthey are not kids for long.