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Comment on Small children are well known to be afraid of voids (closets, under the bed) in their sleeping area. Knowing this, why don't we design children's rooms to eliminate them?

orangeNgreen@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

I can’t speak to closets, but I’ve heard of Montessori beds being placed directly on the floor. That’d at least eliminate monsters under the bed. I say that as a parent of a child with a bed raised above the floor…

For me, we need the space under the bed for clothing storage. One of the drawbacks of having 2 adults and 2 children in a 2 bedroom home. We need all of the closet and storage space we can get.

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HandwovenConsensus@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
What about putting the bed on the floor and a shelf above it? Feel like that would be cozy to a child and leave only one direction for threats to come from.

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- orangeNgreen@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Fair point. It’s a bunk bed for my two kids. I’m sure there is still a way, but it’d probably require some engineering.
  
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- radix@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  I’m really scared of my shoddy workmanship (or an earthquake, bad dream, etc) causing the shelf and any heavy items on it to come crashing down on me in the night.
  
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