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“Kids and Space” by jefftk
There's been a
lot
of
discussion
over
the
last
month
on whether it's still possible to raise kids without being rich. If you
need to buy a house where each kid has their own room, yes, that's
expensive, but it's also not the only option. We didn't wait to buy a
house (or have multiple bedrooms) before having kids, and I think
that was the right choice for us.
To give you a sense of what this looked like, here two configurations
from early on:
Living with extended family, in a six bedroom ~2,500 sqft house
with 8-10 people. Our baby first slept in a co-sleeper, and then in
a mini-crib I assembled in our closet (door
open).
After we bought a
house our toddler was still in our room because I was renovating what
would become her bedroom. There were two other bedrooms, but
housemates lived in these, for a combination of us liking to live with
other people and wanting
to save money.
It was definitely not ideal! Trying not to wake the baby when you
have different bedtimes, staying out of the bedroom during [...]
---
First published:
December 24th, 2025
Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/Cht59yX6789jM4Rs7/kids-and-space
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By LessWrongThere's been a
lot
of
discussion
over
the
last
month
on whether it's still possible to raise kids without being rich. If you
need to buy a house where each kid has their own room, yes, that's
expensive, but it's also not the only option. We didn't wait to buy a
house (or have multiple bedrooms) before having kids, and I think
that was the right choice for us.
To give you a sense of what this looked like, here two configurations
from early on:
Living with extended family, in a six bedroom ~2,500 sqft house
with 8-10 people. Our baby first slept in a co-sleeper, and then in
a mini-crib I assembled in our closet (door
open).
After we bought a
house our toddler was still in our room because I was renovating what
would become her bedroom. There were two other bedrooms, but
housemates lived in these, for a combination of us liking to live with
other people and wanting
to save money.
It was definitely not ideal! Trying not to wake the baby when you
have different bedtimes, staying out of the bedroom during [...]
---
First published:
December 24th, 2025
Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/Cht59yX6789jM4Rs7/kids-and-space
---
Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.
---
Images from the article:
Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.
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