Single-family house with staggered floor, southwest location in Bonn

Two sinks in the children's bathroom. They often have to leave the house at the same time and can also brush their teeth together. Later, when that's no longer possible, at least no one complains anymore about the tubes and jars of the other. Cleaning effort is not a valid argument. It doesn’t come down to that little bit. That is an argument against a children's bathroom.

But if you have a son and a daughter, that never works. That's why I would place one sink with one tap in the children's bathroom and a large washstand with two taps in the parents' bathroom. I agree here with the opinion of .

As long as they are smaller, yes. After that, there is a dispute over who takes up more space.

But if you have a son and a daughter, that never works.

That’s why I would place a sink with one faucet in the children’s bathroom and then a large washbasin with two faucets in the parents’ bathroom. I agree here with the opinion of .

So with a son and daughter, one sink is enough? I would have thought exactly the opposite?

So with son and daughter, is one sink enough? I would have thought exactly the opposite?

Do you think your pubescent daughter shares the bathroom with her brother in the morning?

It worked for us. Sometimes I really have to say that the kids are allowed a bit too much whining. We were four sharing one bathroom and yes, after everyone had to get out in the morning but all wanted to stay in bed as long as possible, things got a bit backed up in the bathroom. However, over time we developed a modus vivendi that worked.

Now the kids already have their own bathroom – which is already nice (although I would teach the little pests early on that they are also responsible for keeping it clean) and here a forum is pondering whether the female teenager wants to share a bathroom with the male teenager. Hello? Are you serious??? Whoever whines has to get up earlier and then gets the bathroom alone, let the teenagers sort that out among themselves. I would definitely stay out of that. Double sink or not? If you have the space, I would do that. I know that my brother and I had (and have) different levels of cleanliness and you can avoid conflict from the start if everyone has their own washbasin and can keep it the way he/she wants. Also, then everyone has their space for their stuff. Whether used simultaneously or not is irrelevant. There is still plenty of arguing about the cleanliness of the shower/toilet/bathtub anyway.

Now the kids already have their own bathroom – that’s pretty nice (although I would teach the brats early on that they are also responsible for keeping it clean)

From my point of view, a kids’ bathroom only makes sense in general if it also pedagogically implies that the children form a "property-bound" community of users of the same. It doesn’t work with brats who confuse "Mom" with "full coverage insurance." That means the concept of a "kids’ bathroom" is only complete if it follows that they then must not use the parents’ bathroom. If they have to blast the plaque away in their bathroom with a wrecking ball, then simply using the parents’ bathroom is nonsense. The brats have to clean themselves in time (or learn that whoever cleans regularly has to use the pressure washer less).