There are many benefits to having siblings share a bedroom, and parents can ensure that the sharing will go well by making sure fair rules are established for the room-sharing and by turning the experience of setting up a shared bedroom into a fun project that the siblings can complete together.
Why Have Siblings Cooperate on a Project?
One key to helping children build strong sibling relationships is to have them spend time together. By talking to and interacting with each other, siblings get to know each other, develop strong sibling bonds, and build a trove of shared memories and positive experiences.
One way to have siblings share quality time together is to assign them a shared project. William Sears, M.D., Martha Sears, R.N., and Elizabeth Pantley suggest in The Successful Child [Little, Brown and Company, 2002] that giving siblings tasks to complete together will require them to learn cooperation skills and help them develop the ability to get along with others.