Mom and stepdad force 14-year-old to share his bedroom with his baby sister, despite having enough bedrooms for them to have their own rooms

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Emmy Pratt • Senior Editor
Mar 29, 2026 12:00 PM EDT

Is it appropriate for a teenager to share a room with a baby?

Parents talk about the first couple of years of their children's lives as a sleepless time for a reason. They go from feeling secure that they will be able to get 7-8 hours of shut-eye without any problems, to waking up every hour on the hour out of fear that their child needs them. Even if they're not nervous about their baby enough to wake up from anxiety, a lot of babies do not sleep through the night without scream-crying, and comforting them enough to get them back to sleep can be an hours-long process. 

Teenagers need a lot more sleep than full-grown adults. While many adults can function just fine on 6 hours of sleep, the same cannot be said for teenagers, who need 8 to 10 hours of sleep every night to show up to school as their best selves. You would think that parents who have a baby and a teenager at the same time would be incredibly mindful not to disrupt their teenager's sleep by making them share a room with a baby, but the parents in this story are doing just the opposite. They have deliberately placed their baby in the same bedroom as their 14-year-old son/stepson, all because they don't want to move into their own house (they live with their mom/grandma/mother-in-law) and disrupt the mom's work-from-home setup.

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    A baby sleeping in a crib in her half-brother's bedroom.

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  • Am I the bad guy for wanting to tell my mom and my stepdad to transfer to their own home because they already have a baby?

    This is actually a long story but I'll cut it short Okay so I (14M) lives in a house built by my Grandmother.
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  • We all lived here with my mom And my stepdad who became my mom's new husband since 2022.
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  • And my stepdad actually got my mom pregnant in the same year which is 2022 and it was a girl.
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  • She gave birth on 2023 and since then they haven't transferred to their own home My stepdad actually have his own home not far from ours, so they can just transfer in there but I'll stay here in my Grandma's house because | wanted here more Now, my mom got a work from home so she decides to make my baby sister sleep in my own room while she does a job in her seperate room And DISCLAIMER: She doesn't make me babysit And now, because of that my grandma thinks "Why can't they just transfer to their
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    The house that the mom and stepdad refuse to move into, which upsets the son and the grandmother.

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  • They already have their daughter. They should just leave us alone" And now, I'm starting to agree with my Grandmother's words.
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  • I kinda feel like my mom doesn't feel shyness anymore, the reason why my Grandmother built a room for me is for my own I also don't know what I have done wrong for my mom and my stepdad so they'll steal my room for me But now my mom and my stepdad stole it from me.
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  • All because my mom had a work from home job and if she lets the baby sleep in her room, the baby will wake up everytime her boss calls her So seriously.
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    A mom is working from home with her baby in her arms, hoping that her boss won't call and wake her.

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  • Am I The Jin this situation? Because from now on I seriously don't know what to do
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  • Lisa_Knows Best You're not a j but you need to get your grandmother on your side and get their kid out of your room. It's irresponsible and inappropriate to put a baby in a 14 year olds room. Is there another room you can sleep in? ETA: Why doesn't your grandmother just tell them to get out? It's her house.
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  • FunLine8562 Original Poster's Reply I forgot to put but she never gave any reason as to why she won't tell them to move But in my opinion, she might be afraid that they might break up
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  • KrimSon972 So nobody's using the house of your stepdad? It has enough rooms? I see no reason not to move there then, but depending on who your legal guardian is, you might be forced to move there as well, so be careful what you wish for. Why did your stepdad move on with your grandmother?
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  • FunLine8562 Original Poster's Reply Actually my stepdad's first daughter lives there, and I think it has enough rooms for the two of them because I've been there before
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  • Special_Lychee_6847 That first daughter could not want to be bothered by a baby in the house. But as it is, you and your grandmother are now bothered with that baby in your grandmother's house. I would gently just bring it up with your mother. 'Why are you not moving back to stepfather's house? It is getting pretty cramped in here, with you taking up the extra room for your work from home job. It's less crowded in the other house, and it's pretty close. Wouldn't everyone be more comfortable with
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  • FunLine8562 Original Poster's Reply Now they installed an air conditioner in my room, I feel like they're completely taking over it
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  • gobsmacked247 You have a talk with your grandmother and together, the both of you tell mom and step they need to go back to their own home. I may be missing something cultural here and I apologize for that, but why is that not the immediate solution? Does mom or step pay the bills at your grands? Is there something wrong with their house?
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  • FunLine8562 Original Poster's Reply Oh good question! Yes my mom is the one who pays bills
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  • Special_Lychee_6847 It's really time to have that conversation. You can't just tell them to leave, as it's not your house. But you certainly can ask about their intentions, and WHY they think this is a good living arrangement, when it's not working for anyone other than them.
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  • FunLine8562 Original Poster's Reply I want to tell them that they should move to my stepfather's home. But they'll justify their actions for sure
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  • natishakelly If they move you have to move too. You realise that right?
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  • FunLine8562 Original Poster's Reply But I wanted here in my Grandmother's home more
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  • natishakelly And who exactly bought you that PC? Your wants don't basic needs. Without your mum working there would be no food, no clothing, no shelter, no extra curricula's, no PC, no internet. Do you understand any of this?
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  • FunLine8562 Original Poster's Reply My first real dad bought the PC
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