I'm not so fond of taking care of toddlers/kids/teens in the games due to their lack of being able to do ANYTHING, but I would appriciate this. Back when I was a tween, I wanted it pretty bad, but kindof forgot about it since then. There needs to be a smoother transition from kid to teen, but I think overall, toddler, kid and teen ages need to be shortened. I mean a toddler is not nearly as long a period as a kid! I think the spanning needs to change and a new look inbetween kid/teen would be great.
To everyone that says the teens don't look old, they definitely do look like 16/17 (or maybe just all my friends irl look really young.)
I'm not sure about this.
I wouldn't exactly say that 13 upwards is PRE-teen. Especially not 15 year olds and pre, means before so pre-teen means before teen. This is mainly because they say that you become a teepnager at 13.pre-teen would be ages 10-12 but that is only two years so it seems pointless to have a whole different age group just for that.
I think the age group is right age wise but it needs to be named something different maybe?
I don't think there's a need for tweens. If the majority agrees with you, then I don't care if they add the extra age group. But my opinion is that tweens are kids.
I think that we do need a "Tween" life stage seeing as though when ur 8-12 years old your much more mature than children below that age yet not as mature as teens! So to those who say theres no difference you would be wrong! :evil:
I can see what you're saying and I am not saying there isn't a difference. 10-12-year-olds are more mature than 4-6-year-olds. I'm just saying I don't think there's enough of a difference to justify making another age group in terms of game play.
I think that would be a wonderful idea i have wanted to post something about that but never got around to it! lol they should be able to play with toddlers and feed them and maybe they could get a job as a babysitter too!
does anyone else think this would be great.
I personaly would love it I meen if the first 6 years of the life have two age groups. you get infant AND todlers. then you get a child whcih doesn't look physically like that big of a jump from a todler which is great.
But then all of a sudden they jump like 9 years to a 16 yearold.
Form there it evens out again having young adult then adult then elder, all aging physically like they would in real life.
So you see my problem is the lack of grace between children and teens there NEEDS to be a preteen age group some of the things they could do are:
middle school
have crushes and find out through rumors and stuff that someone has one on them
paper boy type jobs
able to interact with the infants and todlers
able to go places alone (i know kids can do this but I feel weird with like these kids that look like 7 yearolds running around at 9 30.) so preteens get later curfews, kids have to be home by dinner tiem (like 6)
what do you think, should there be one or not?
and do you have any ideas on what sorta things they could add for them
I think the preteen age is the most important age to add because the gap between child and teen is too big. When a child ages up, they sprout up 1 and 1/2 feet and hit puberty all at once. I think there should be an older age, just before a person hit's puberty.
I like this idea alot.
Ive been wanting more age groups since the sims2 came out,
I actually thought there was going to be more age groups. Have you ever watched the original sims2 trailer?
Preteens be a wunnerful idea! I agree that they could babysit and prepare simple full meals w/o the stove and have crushes. I get so bored with children because they can't get in a relationship. There would also be more realistic families.
i love this idea! i was thinking about it yesterday! and there should be an option to merge schhol types, because in the sims, my school would be elemantary and middle school together, cuz my school is grades junior kindergarten all the way to gr 8.
Yeah there should be a preteen age and also if such a thing happen there should also be an option for those in Canada(and any other places that doesn't have middle school) that goes from JK-Gr.8 to merge the 2 together. (Jtheben I also am a Canadian)
I love the idea. It is very weird to watch this cute little girl playing with dolls change into this hormonal responsible teenager over night. I think their should be a Tween age where their taller and a little more awkward and their clothes all look like disney channel vomited on them lol. Have like Jonas brother posters or something (even though I highly dislike them lol).
Enable them to have multiple crushes and first kisses on the cheek and have "circle yes or no" love notes and "are you going to the dance" notes in their inventory. Their voices should becoming a little more mature. i think it would be cute. Very realistic.
Have the ages from like 10-13. It doesnt have to be extremly long like childhood but just enough to transaction them into hormonal raging, car driving, bellyshirt wearing teenagers. Lol.
I really like this idea. I think there should be more ages overall and that the growth should be more gradual, but I don't think that is possible with the current programming. It would be too complex. An age in between child and teenager would be good. Ages between adult and elder would be nice too. Instead of suddenly having gray hair and being hunched over, it would be nice if the skin started wrinkling slowly, hair started graying, and posture changed a little.
oh come one how can I be the only one?
tell me if you wouldn't want this?
Patience, my friend!
And you're not alone, as with all those other people, I agree with you on this one, too. There's obviously a large gap between children and teens compared to toddlers and children. The preteen age group you suggested would be a good way of bridging the gap.
I was quite displeased that Young Adults cannot start out as sons/daughters of regular Adults, but quite frankly, TS3 really needed a "Middle Age Adult" age category, complete with more baldness patterns for Males, and hair colors for both genders that have touches of gray, as it's hard to make middle-aged sims without looking either too young or too old for their age. (It's no coincidence that some of my more-important sims are in their late-40's and early-50's!)
This next idea may just be a novelty, but I would also like to see Elders split into two different age groups, with the younger of the two still allowed to hold jobs, albeit high ranking ones, just to simulate the experience of having old-enough-to-retire sims that are in high ranking positions. (CEO's and high-ranking military officers come to mind.)
I've wanted this for a while now.
It's kind of sad that the kids have to grow up so quick. I loved having the little kids play on the playgrounds and such with their friends, but if I ever wanted them to get crushes, they'd need to grow up.
Maybe the preteens(10-14/15)could have crushes, all the while having as much fun as the kids?
I really like this idea. I think there should be more ages overall and that the growth should be more gradual, but I don't think that is possible with the current programming. It would be too complex. An age in between child and teenager would be good. Ages between adult and elder would be nice too. Instead of suddenly having gray hair and being hunched over, it would be nice if the skin started wrinkling slowly, hair started graying, and posture changed a little.
I concur
Though I too would like to see children able to interact more with toddlers. It does occur, other than play, they also should be able to talk to, tickle and hug them. If a parent is holding a baby the child should be able to talk to the baby or give it a kiss on its little head.
Children and Teens should also be able to join sports while in school, by staying after for an hour or two for practice a couple times a week and a game or two.
Yeah this would be a good idea. I dont deliberately make any children in the game anymore because the game makes them so ugly, they look like freakish little munchkins no matter what you do in "Create a Sim". so i just leave them out.
when one of my couples pops out a baby from too much woohoo (this often happens whether you click "try for baby" or not, and it even happens between same sex couples!) i just have them raise it, since i always give my sims so much motherlode to live on they have plenty of time to do it.
where their taller and a little more awkward and their clothes all look like disney channel vomited on them lol. Have like Jonas brother posters or something (even though I highly dislike them lol).
Loool so true XD I cant stand disney, or Jonas brothers..especially Miley cyrus(However you spell ITS name) :shock:
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To everyone that says the teens don't look old, they definitely do look like 16/17 (or maybe just all my friends irl look really young.)
I wouldn't exactly say that 13 upwards is PRE-teen. Especially not 15 year olds and pre, means before so pre-teen means before teen. This is mainly because they say that you become a teepnager at 13.pre-teen would be ages 10-12 but that is only two years so it seems pointless to have a whole different age group just for that.
I think the age group is right age wise but it needs to be named something different maybe?
Thanks,
Lis
However it's a good idea for future games.
Actually, I think it stands for between and teen, referring to ages 8-12. At least, that's the context I've always heard it in.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preadolescence#Preteen_and_tween
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=tween
I did find one example where it referred to an individual in their twenties, but it was for hobbits not humans.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tween_(hobbit)
I can see what you're saying and I am not saying there isn't a difference. 10-12-year-olds are more mature than 4-6-year-olds. I'm just saying I don't think there's enough of a difference to justify making another age group in terms of game play.
Very good idea!
Children look 7-9.
Teens look 15-17.
Shouldn't we have preteens that are 11-13?
And adults ARE middle-age. Young Adults are 20-30, adults are 30-40/50.
And maybe they should add a stage between toddlers and children. I dunno, a little kid age or something?
Or then again, maybe not.
Ive been wanting more age groups since the sims2 came out,
I actually thought there was going to be more age groups. Have you ever watched the original sims2 trailer?
Yeah there should be a preteen age and also if such a thing happen there should also be an option for those in Canada(and any other places that doesn't have middle school) that goes from JK-Gr.8 to merge the 2 together. (Jtheben I also am a Canadian)
Enable them to have multiple crushes and first kisses on the cheek and have "circle yes or no" love notes and "are you going to the dance" notes in their inventory. Their voices should becoming a little more mature. i think it would be cute. Very realistic.
Have the ages from like 10-13. It doesnt have to be extremly long like childhood but just enough to transaction them into hormonal raging, car driving, bellyshirt wearing teenagers. Lol.
I concur
Though I too would like to see children able to interact more with toddlers. It does occur, other than play, they also should be able to talk to, tickle and hug them. If a parent is holding a baby the child should be able to talk to the baby or give it a kiss on its little head.
Children and Teens should also be able to join sports while in school, by staying after for an hour or two for practice a couple times a week and a game or two.
when one of my couples pops out a baby from too much woohoo (this often happens whether you click "try for baby" or not, and it even happens between same sex couples!) i just have them raise it, since i always give my sims so much motherlode to live on they have plenty of time to do it.
Loool so true XD I cant stand disney, or Jonas brothers..especially Miley cyrus(However you spell ITS name) :shock: