So - they don't eat anymore?

baconsmom

C&P: http://community.thenest.com/cs/ks/forums/thread/50685684.aspx

I have a question about having kids - kids in housesI read a recent blog post from someone who sold her beloved, hand-made dining room table so her child could have that space to play.  At this point in my childless life, I have a hard time understanding that. (I am not judging her, I just don't get it - why not have both?)Would you do that?  Have your kids overtaken your home?  One of my dear friend's house is completely overruled by her kids stuff and it would drive me mad. Anyway, if you have kids, does their stuff take over your home? I'm not saying make it look like kids don't live there, but I think everything has a place and it isn't all over my house.Signed - the childless neatfreak ETA:  They have a 4 bedroom house and looks fairly spaceous in the pictures.-----------------------------Seriously, where do they eat? Why would you get rid of the dining table? This makes no sense to me. 

baconsmom

And of course, the thread is full of "dinning" tables. 

ReturnOfKuus

Can't the kids play under the table?

6fsn

I know my brother and my sister used their dining rooms as play rooms when the kid were young.  The didn't have dining sets yet and it was a better use of space.  They did have eat in kitchens though.

MinM

This makes no sense to me. If we had a kid we would have to move, or get rid of our dining table because there would be no place for a toddler to do their thing. However, we live in a small 2 bedroom, not a spaceous four bedroom.

ReturnOfKuus

Also, when you're a kid, dining room table = fabulous art table.

baconsmom

When I was a kid, we had an eat-in kitchen and a formal dining room, and we managed to play just fine. All four of us. 

I don't understand why a kid needs a separate playroom. Then again, I'm not like some of the psychos in the thread who are all, "Only ONE toy out of your room at a time! I don't want any evidence a child lives here!" 

ReturnOfKuus

I'm baffled at the playroom idea too.  In my opinion, the whole house was my playroom.

6fsn

We don't have a playroom either, more like a play house.  In the case of my siblings it was more not prioritizing the purchase of a table.  Once they got the sets (hand me downs) the dining rooms became dining rooms.

MinM

I'm really sad because my mom is starting to get rid of things she got from my grandparents. It is really, really high quality furniture that I wish I could take. Ugh...another bad thing about living far away. I will be getting great-grandma's china though.

DG1

I'm guessing they have an eat-in-kitchen or separate breakfast area.

I would LOVE for the kids to have a separate playroom. I think this especially when my living room is COVERED in legos and wooden train parts and puzzle pieces and other miscellaneous toys. 

So, I get it.  BUT I don't get why she had to completely get rid of the table. If it's valuable and has sentimental value and she would use it again in 5 years when the kids are older, put it in storage (preferably somewhere in her own house, but possibly off-site storage) for a while. 

I can also see getting something valuable and irreplaceable AWAY from the demon monsters who will cover it with crayon.  (See ShitMyKidsRuined)

I am really really REALLY hoping the boys decide they want to share a room in a few years.  They can sleep in one and use the other as a playroom/homework/toy train/whatever haven. 

lsk40

Don't the kids have their own rooms to play in

TheDuckis

When we moved (when I was 7 and my youngest sister was 1), we had a playroom. Before that, we had the basement and the living room to play in. We were never allowed in the diining room (in either house), and once we moved the formal living room was dubbed the "wedding room" because we aren't allowed in there until our wedding days. I have a wedding picture of myself with my feet on the living room couch, which I seriously never even sat on until my wedding day.

BUT, it's well documented that my mom is crazy. I don't understand why you would pay money for a space that won't get used. I like having nice things, but I also like using them. My kids will jump on the leather furniture, and color on the dining table. H and i have made all of our furniture purchases with the idea that our dog or our kids will eventually destroy it.