So Pat’s the one you’ve got to keep an eye on...
My husband was one of four brothers who shared two bedrooms - they’d change roommates every year or so and were all very tightly bonded as a result. Kids need fraternal bonding way more than they need privacy.
Yes, Pat will turn 21 in prison doing life without parole, or invent cold fusion and FTL travel, or both. We’ll be shuffling rooms when Anoreth leaves for the Coast Guard in mid-June, which should ease tension among the Brothers. Bill and Tom (15 and 12) have been sharing a room for a *long* time!
I think kids (and adults, too) want attention, even when they say they don’t, and little brothers are better than no attention at all!