Thursday, May 16, 2013

Prepare for the Next Level of Jealousy in 21st Century Children's Bedrooms


Imagine your childhood bedroom. I'll tell you about mine. It was painted seafoam-green and there was a pink-and-green floral wallpaper runner lining the walls (I picked the color scheme out myself). The room was full of Kids Room Decalsand books, and there was an ornate white desk that I'd use for storing treasures — rocks, dolls, notes, whatever. There was a bed, of course, for sleeping, with a pink and green comforter. Prior to that room I had a bedroom in another house, in which there was what my family called a "cubbyhole," or a closet cut high into the wall that was basically a low-ceilinged playroom that could fit me and maybe one or two friends. I thought it was the coolest thing I'd ever seen.But bedroom-wise, things are different now. Kids have a bunch of toys that are far more high-tech than rocks, because of course they do, but also, parents are pulling out all the stops with their older kids' bedrooms so that those kids will hang at home. As      this might mean "A DJ mixing station in the sleepover room. Secret passageways inspired by Harry Potter. A fully tricked-out videogame arcade.


 You've entered the teen wing of the house." The teen wing of the house? Jealous.
On the plus side of this trend, it's said to have risen because the new generation of parents is so "extraordinarily loving and conscientious," and also, they want to keep an eye on their teens (and what their teens are doing on the computer) and hang out with them more. What parent doesn't feel great when the kids are at home? And the kids are more likely to be home, and happy, if they have their own well-decorated spaces featuring DJ mixing stations. So spaces and stations they shall have. Attachment parenting comes with bedroom benefits, perhaps. Also: Clearly these parents have some disposable income.
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