Your Child’s Environment – Bedroom vs Playroom Now this is a difficult one. It would be interesting to do a survey of children’s bedrooms up and down the country to see how many are stuffed from floor to ceiling with playthings, personal things and discarded clothing. I bet it is difficult to identify what furniture there is in some rooms because everything will be hidden under the detritus of day-to-day kids’ existence. While it can be hard to prevent this kind of situation, unless a parent is in there tidying up on an hourly basis, it is not a good thing at all. Let’s look into Bedroom Vs Playroom.
Playroom can equal mental stimulation at bed time There is a fine balance to be achieved here because, on the one hand, you don’t want to stimulate a child’s mind too much when it is bedtime. On the other hand, you don’t want their room to be TOO bland and impersonal. Often a child will get into bed and be told to go to sleep, and will actually pretend to do so. But then the eyes flick open and settle on the nearest gadget, drawing book or plaything and the temptation is too great. If they can get away with it, it’s playtime = Bedroom vs Playroom.
Striking the Balance Right So how do you prevent this from happening? Ideally you should have a situation where the bedroom is purely for sleeping and all the toys and clutter are in a separate room – maybe an adjoining one, maybe somewhere else altogether. But how practical is this for most people, particularly where there are several kids in the house? The average household will have just enough rooms for everyone’s daily needs with no spare capacity – not even a large cupboard.