nursery
A children's room (formerly also a nursery ) is a room within an apartment that is specially adapted in its use to the needs of children in family life.
In its function, a children's room is both a bedroom and a playroom and study . Equally important is its function as a social retreat. The size varies between 5 and 30 square meters per child, depending on the size of the family, financial possibilities and the living space available.
size
In Germany there are no building or other regulations on the size of children's rooms. Only in the GDR was there a provision according to which the children's room in new buildings could not be less than 8 m². Such a standard also exists in Austria . In some federal states, however, minimum sizes are sometimes stipulated for public funding of building projects, from which residential construction is eligible for funding. It is often (not everywhere) that a children's room should have at least 10 m² for one person and at least 12 m² for double occupancy. In general, when designing a home, one can see that the space available in the kitchen and children's room has decreased with the increase in the size of the living room. There are also regulations on the type and size of windows, these vary from region to region.
history
Children's rooms are a relatively new development in modern times . In Germany , nurseries first appeared in the houses of the upper class in the course of the 18th century and began to reach other classes of the population in the 19th century . Previously, the loft or the general bedroom were the sleeping place for the offspring, as the little ones' need to play was not considered.
Phrase
From the early days of the nursery, the idioms "... have a bad nursery ... " or even "... rode through the nursery at a gallop ... ". Both are intended to express that someone behaves badly or has bad manners.
Facility
The furnishings in the children's room are heavily dependent on age. A loft bed is often used because there is more space available on the floor. When you enter school , there is a child-friendly desk in addition to a cupboard . Since some pets (hamsters, rabbits) often rest during the day, animal welfare recommends removing the cages in the children's room during playtime.
Empirical studies show that domestic arguments between parents and children are most often ignited because the children have not tidied their room properly or the parents clean up the children's room without the children being present.
literature
- Jutta Velte, Ilse M. Berzis: KinderRäume - living with children ; Consumer advice center North Rhine-Westphalia, ISBN 3933705444
- Renate Gehrke-Riedlin: The children's room in German-speaking countries - A study on the change in the domestic experience and educational world of the child ; as PDF
- Nele Güntheroth: Construction and deconstruction of the children's room in: Franz-Josef Jeilich (Hrsg.): The educational design of the room. History and modernity. Klinkhardt, Bad Heilbrunn / Obb. 2003, pp. 185-205
- Nele Güntheroth: Children's room brought into focus. In: PÄD-Forum: Teaching, educating , 30 (2002) 4, pp. 295–297
