room sharing- are there agency rules?

BostonLove11

This may depend on the agency but has anyone heard of rules regarding an adopted child sharing a room with another child in the house?  Is there own room required (sorry if this sounds silly)?.  Our ideal situation is to be in a larger home before we travel to Korea to get our daughter, however, we don't want to rush into it if we don't find the right house for us.  So we thought perhaps she could share a room for 6 months to a year with our son.  She will likely be almost 1.5 years old and he will be 3 years old.  TIA!

 

Dr.Loretta

I know there is for foster care, but not for agency adoptions as far as I can tell. And even the FC rules I've heard don't apply until they're around 5.

MayDayGirl

I've never heard of that for DA, only for foster care. Our kids share a room and our agency couldn't care less.

noonecarewhoiam

We had to have a full foster care license, which had stipulations about ages of opposite-gender children sharing rooms. I can't for the life of me remember what they are, though. Maybe 5?

Based on the current visa situation in Korea, your son may be older than your estimation at the time of travel.

4LittleDucks

My kids are IA and there were no rules about roomsharing, just making sure that you had enough room for another child.  I've never heard of it being an issue with IA.  I know a family that is in the process of adopting child #10 from China.  I'm sure there will be some room-sharing going on there!  My kids all share rooms and it was a known fact that this would be the case when we adopted.  During post-placement I just showed that each had their own bed.  In fact with DD, she wanted to sleep in the same room with my 2 boys and I let her.  (I have great pictures with her mattress on the floor between their two beds with all of them crashed out.)  She was in an orphanage and was used to being with other kids.  My SW totally understood and, if anything, appreciated that we were receptive to her needs.  Many kids who are adopted IA are used to co-sleeping with a foster parent or sharing rooms with other kids and I personally think that all of a sudden expecting them to sleep alone in a room could be a really scary thing for them. 

MyColonyNJ

I don't know about DA or IA, but for foster care/fost-adopt, there is a square foot rule.

Each child needs 50 sq feet, so the room we use is 163 sq ft, so we can have 3 children in that room.

Plus, boys and girls can only share a room up to 5 yrs old.  And, in my state - that means 1 day before their 6th birthday.  After adoption, they couldn't care less.

We currently have 3 children in that room - 1 boy and 2 girls.

Plus, an infant can sleep in our room until they are 2 yrs old

jenn5-26-07

MyColonyNJ:

I don't know about DA or IA, but for foster care/fost-adopt, there is a square foot rule.

Each child needs 50 sq feet, so the room we use is 163 sq ft, so we can have 3 children in that room.  In our state its 3 ft between beds.

Plus, boys and girls can only share a room up to 5 yrs old.  And, in my state - that means 1 day before their 6th birthday.  After adoption, they couldn't care less. In our state its 7 years. And while technically they don't care after adoption, they can't place a foster child in our home that would make our kids(an 8y girl and 6y boy) have to share a room.

We currently have 3 children in that room - 1 boy and 2 girls.

Plus, an infant can sleep in our room until they are 2 yrs old

BostonLove11

Thank you all for your great information.