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Destin2016

Hey, fellow simmers, has anything been said about whether kids will have summers off from school? Just wondering.

luthienrising

Destin2016 wrote: »

Hey, fellow simmers, has anything been said about whether kids will have summers off from school? Just wondering.

We don't know either way.

miss_simlish

I don't think they've said, but I doubt it. I think taking an entire 7 days off from school is losing too much time when children/teens only have a few weeks before aging up (using normal life span and the default season length as an example). Just my opinion.

3KNPen

They never had summers off in previous game so I don't think it will happen here. However kids and teens get like 3-4 vacation days so if you have them use that and then either have them call off sick or have a sim with a high enough writing skill write them an excuse note you could create a summer holiday quite easily if you have it set to the default week long seasons.

Kita5399

I doubt it also, but it might be something that can be done with the new calendar or custom holiday feature. I’m thinking we could add a few “holidays” in a row or something like that to make a summer break.

miss_simlish

Kita5399 wrote: »

I doubt it also, but it might be something that can be done with the new calendar or custom holiday feature. I’m thinking we could add a few “holidays” in a row or something like that to make a summer break.

Good idea! I do remember a tweet somewhere that a guru hinted that there would be no school on a holiday.

BlueSeaWaves

...Some places have school during the summer, but iirc in TS3 they did not have off during summer.

Pinklixty

I didn't hear anything about that, but I doubt that they will actually go that far to take school off in the summer.

simgirl1010

Not sure if I'd like that. Would have to find something for my kids to do all day.

Zeldaboy180

Doubt it, as others have said, 7 days off is a good chunk of their childhood life. If you had a longer age span or just wanted to give them suffer off anyway, you could always use vacation days. I'm sure you could make a holiday every day of summer called "school's off!" to give them the day off as well

Hermitgirl

I asked if kids would be off on holidays in luth's info thread and rosemow linked me this. I'm beyond excited for the possibilities. For me not just vacations but challenges and other days being used as "holidays".

https://twitter.com/SimGuruGeorge/status/1004065783746457600?s=20

If this works out you could make your summer vacations. I could have homeless challenges be "holidays" in a way.
I really hate to use mod so I'm looking forward to this as a tool.

bixters

I doubt it, it's too long of a time, but I do hope they have off on holidays though.

Shadowmarked

They can if you play with the calendar. It was stated you could have everyday a holiday

https://twitter.com/simguruemory/status/1004432327856930816

And then kids can get holidays off

https://twitter.com/SimGuruGeorge/status/1004065783746457600?s=20

So if you want summer vacation mark the two months (or whatever you choose) as holidays and kids don't go to school.

More I hear about the calendar the more happy I am with this pack

3KNPen

But if you make everyday a holiday does that mean adults wouldn’t go to work either? I mean it would work short term but I don’t think I’d want my adult sims not to work and get job performance just so the kids wouldn’t have to go to school in summer.

However this would be a godsend for a historical save or save where you wanted to home school your kids along with the parents working from home in some fashion.

luthienrising

3KNPen wrote: »

But if you make everyday a holiday does that mean adults wouldn’t go to work either? I mean it would work short term but I don’t think I’d want my adult sims not to work and get job performance just so the kids wouldn’t have to go to school in summer.

However this would be a godsend for a historical save or save where you wanted to home school your kids along with the parents working from home in some fashion.

It sounds to me like it's an *option* to make a holiday a no-school day. Could be just an option for adults too. So... maybe you could make every day a school holiday? But we don't yet know if we can have two holidays on the same day, I think.

Shadowmarked

luthienrising wrote: »

3KNPen wrote: »

But if you make everyday a holiday does that mean adults wouldn’t go to work either? I mean it would work short term but I don’t think I’d want my adult sims not to work and get job performance just so the kids wouldn’t have to go to school in summer.

However this would be a godsend for a historical save or save where you wanted to home school your kids along with the parents working from home in some fashion.

It sounds to me like it's an *option* to make a holiday a no-school day. Could be just an option for adults too.

I hope so.

friendsfan367

simgirl1010 wrote: »

Not sure if I'd like that. Would have to find something for my kids to do all day.

and kids whinning that their bored.

Hermitgirl

I have a feeling it will all be options and optional. Just guessing but it seems likely you can send your kids to school, keep them home .. have more days off than vacation days off provide. I don't think you will have to use it like this but for some people it will make more and different stories possible. I don't have to call any of these days holidays to use it.. They could all be my twisted universe days lol.

cmbaker16

If they follow previous version kids might have school off if the day reaches a certain temperature. Same with winter perhaps if it gets too cold or snows alot they'll get a snow day.

ListentoToppDogg

I'd be incredible disappointed if kids didn't naturally get summers off. It already hard enough to do anything with them since they're gone for a majority of the week. I was excited for Seasons so summer could finally give my kids a relief from school, but it doesn't see like that'll be the case.

miss_simlish

ListentoToppDogg wrote: »

I'd be incredible disappointed if kids didn't naturally get summers off. It already hard enough to do anything with them since they're gone for a majority of the week. I was excited for Seasons so summer could finally give my kids a relief from school, but it doesn't see like that'll be the case.

Well, it sounds like you'll be able to use the calendar to simulate a summer break, if its not an automatic feature in the game. So I wouldn't be too worried.

XxAirixX

Maybe not the full summer; but it seems like they will have multi holidays where they will have a break. We might even be able to make it seem like a summer break if we edit the calendar (like maybe set a certain amount of days where there is no school or work).

XxAirixX

Maybe not the full summer; but it seems like they will have multi holidays where they will have a break. We might even be able to make it seem like a summer break if we edit the calendar (like maybe set a certain amount of days where there is no school or work).

phoebebebe13

The sims 3 has holidays off and the kids get snow days off so they may add snow days with TS4 seasons along with holidays

Destin2016

Thanks y’all for all the replies. I didn’t even think about the aging thing since I play with aging off. My kids always had summers off in TS3 but that was because of the wonderful NRAAS mods! And I am really looking forward to the calendar system. Sounds like it is going to be so awesome.

ChadSims2

Looks like I'm going to have to make a summer vacation and Christmas break take up a large chunk my calendar.