Most parents want only the best for their children. When my firstborn came along we were in a one-bedroom apartment and her first bed was a dresser drawer. She had everything she needed and got through it unscathed. We were able to move to a two-bedroom apartment shortly after her first birthday which was nice for us. Our son was born the following year and we stayed in that two-bedroom apartment until he turned 5.
Babies do not need a lot of space. Parents on the other hand may need the space. Children need many things and sometimes buying a house is so expensive that there isn’t enough money left for anything else so we compromise. I think my children did just fine even though they lived in a small apartment and had mostly second-hand clothes and toys during their first five or six years.
Children can survive and even thrive while living in a small house.
