Large suburban houses and McMansions may be harmful to children's health, according to new research that found Australian kids are growing up in homes that are too empty | smh_andrew
Large suburban houses and McMansions may be harmful to children's health, according to new research that found Australian kids are growing up in homes that are too empty.
Crowded house: Trent Salkavich and Emily Smith with their children Ella , Annabel , au pair Charli Slarks and dog Sundae at home in Greenwich.Professor Dockery's research, based on longitudinal studies of children and the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia survey, found scant evidence to support the assumption that crowded homes negatively impact on a child's health and development.
"The noise, chaos and laughter fills the space": The Smith family, au pair Charli Slarks and dog Sundae.Ms Smith's children share a bedroom and bathroom, which she said kept them "very close" and focused on sharing. "We deliberately haven't created a separate kids area as we enjoy having the kids integrated into the conversations and playing around us," she said.
Professor Burton also said the design of homes was more important than their size. "It is certainly true that providing separate rooms for every member of the household can encourage us to lead very isolated lives, albeit under the same roof," he said.
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