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Maybe this would be an idea for Sims 5 rather than 4, I'm not sure how hard it would be to add extra life stages. But this is something I've wanted since Sims 2... preschool age children and two stages of teens!
You know, teaching a toddler to talk, reading them books, doing arts and crafts, maybe even an intervative preschool! Possibly adult or teen sims getting tense moodlets from teaching them.
I've also always felt teens were kind of lacking. There's a big difference between a 13 year old and a 17 year old, even though they're both considered teen. It'd also be a way to fix that annoying "teens being as tall as every other life stage" thing. The older teens can stay that height, and younger teens will be slightly taller than the children. They (hopefully) won't be able to play around in bed behind the backs of their parents, but I can see a lot of fun moodlets and interactions for them. "Sad, starting middle school can be tough!" and they could go through mood swings (oh man, I went through a lot of those at that age) Kind of like when teens woke up on the wrong side of bed in sims 3. They should also have the occasional ability to try things that their older teen siblings do, usually ending in failure.
Lets not forget about those older teens though, bringing back curfew and the ability to sneak out, going to driving lessons, doing school projects (and getting moodlets based on how they did) and school dances!
I'd also like to see the dating aspect of both of them. Maybe for younger teens you'd [b]have[/b] to ask permission before you go, and it'd be based on how you're doing in school, while older teens can just sneak out with their boy or girlfriend. And a different set of objectives for the dates of each life stage. Younger teens would be holding hands, trying to cuddle while watching a movie, etc. Hopefully they'll even get a little nervous and back out of those things. As for the older teens, maybe paying for your partners dinner or making them dinner, introducing them to your parents, or making out on the couch (you know how teens are!)
Oh, and pimples. Please bring back pimples.
You know, teaching a toddler to talk, reading them books, doing arts and crafts, maybe even an intervative preschool! Possibly adult or teen sims getting tense moodlets from teaching them.
I've also always felt teens were kind of lacking. There's a big difference between a 13 year old and a 17 year old, even though they're both considered teen. It'd also be a way to fix that annoying "teens being as tall as every other life stage" thing. The older teens can stay that height, and younger teens will be slightly taller than the children. They (hopefully) won't be able to play around in bed behind the backs of their parents, but I can see a lot of fun moodlets and interactions for them. "Sad, starting middle school can be tough!" and they could go through mood swings (oh man, I went through a lot of those at that age) Kind of like when teens woke up on the wrong side of bed in sims 3. They should also have the occasional ability to try things that their older teen siblings do, usually ending in failure.
Lets not forget about those older teens though, bringing back curfew and the ability to sneak out, going to driving lessons, doing school projects (and getting moodlets based on how they did) and school dances!
I'd also like to see the dating aspect of both of them. Maybe for younger teens you'd [b]have[/b] to ask permission before you go, and it'd be based on how you're doing in school, while older teens can just sneak out with their boy or girlfriend. And a different set of objectives for the dates of each life stage. Younger teens would be holding hands, trying to cuddle while watching a movie, etc. Hopefully they'll even get a little nervous and back out of those things. As for the older teens, maybe paying for your partners dinner or making them dinner, introducing them to your parents, or making out on the couch (you know how teens are!)
Oh, and pimples. Please bring back pimples.
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This is how I think the stages before young adult should be
Stage 1: Baby
Stage 2: Toddler (18 months to 2 years 11 months)
Stage 3: Preschool age (3-5 years)
Stage 4: Child (6-9)
Stage 5: Preteen (10-12)
Stage 6: Young teen (13-15)
Stage 7: Teen (16-19)
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I want more life stages to make aging slower and realistic. My main concern is the child-teen jump but the toddler-child and the adult-elder jump is somewhat odd.
Toddler: 22 months to 3 years
Child: 8-10 years
Teen: 16-19 years
YA: 21-36yrs
Adult: Late 30 to late 40s
Elder: 70-99 years
If we added these in:
YC (Young child, like young adult. Shorter and smaller version of child): 5-7
Preteen: 11-15 (This can be a preteen/young or early teen hybrid life stage)
This is something I'd like to see either this year or next year. Maybe they could be added in a life stage add on pack or generations Ep (YA life stage was added in Sims 2 Univeristy).
Baby (0-1)
Toddler (1-3)
Preschool age (3-5)
Young child (5-6)
Child (6-9)
Preteen (9-13)
Young teen (13-16)
Older teen (16-18)
Young Adult (18-28)
adult (28-58)
Older Adult (58-88)
Senior (88+)
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Yeah I don't mind the life stages we have right now either. But I would like to see more interactions for teens and children like in generations in sims 3. And it would make it more interesting to have a younger teen and older teen as well
I just don't see the need for younger/older teens though. I mean yeah, we have a young adult and adult.....which have been needing to be revamped for a while now to make young adult more distinctive. I mean aside from hair and clothing styles, it's not much different. Adding in a younger teen stage, for me, would only be beneficial if there was something that set them apart from both child and teen. I honestly feel like if they added those in, people would want activities and specific styles for them and rightly so. However, anything that you come up with either child or teen can do as well. So where's the uniqueness? Where's the something special that one life stage can do that the one before it (and after it) can not?
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Developmentally, what is so significant about a preteen compared to a child? What's the difference between a toddler with maxed skills and a preschooler?
Besides the height difference, what separates a young teen from a teen?
We've been that question over and over to the people who asked the question but you all choose not hear it that's on you all. Plus this thread is dead thread that got reopened.
so the first thing is that the baby stage should be separated in to two categories instead although the baby would change this would be a sub stages there go no birthday between them instead they would have a "growth spirt". The first stage would be newborn and it would last one day, in this stage the baby would be just like they are now. The second sub stage would just be called baby and would last 3 days. There would be two categories of goals for this life stage the first one is movement first the parent(s) would help the baby learn to sit up and then they would be able to supervise tummy time to teach the baby to crawl (since sims 4 toddlers already know how to walk this would be when they learn how to walk to, maybe the sitting up stage should be skipped for sims 4 to make up for this). The second life stage category should be talking now firstly the parent would teach to "talk" (by "talk" I just mean babble or baby talk), then they would have option to teach first word. (I am not sure if toddlers in sim 4 can already talk if so then this would be the stage were they learn it maybe skip the first word lesson for sims 4 if so). These lesson I don't think shouldn't be necessary to the ageing up well as a toddler but instead give them a head start to learning toddler skills and some life time happiness points as well. As I was typing this I came up with a way for sims to give them a boost in potty training as well after the baby knows how to sit up, when you are selected on the parent and press on the toilet you would have an option that says "demonstrate using toilet for..." the parent would the selected toddler then and set them on the floor next to the potty and use the toilet once this is done 3 times the bar will be filled and the baby will have on bar level filled when they are a toddler.
Then there would be a preschool stage. I am not sure exactly how long this should last but anyway the rewards for completing the goals in this stage would be reward traits. (specific rewards traits that can only be gained as preschoolers for completing goals not regular reward traits) There would be two options for them completing the goals either the parent teaches the toddler themselves or they pay for them to go to preschool. As with the baby stage I am going to split the goals up into categories but unlike when they are babies these goals don't have to bein any particular order. The first category is academic the goals are to teach to count to ten and teach ABC's the reward trait for completing these goals is the "head start" reward trait witch would make them have an easier time in school. The next goal would be to have so many hours of supervised play time completing this goal would give the child "social advantage" reward trait witch would help them make friends faster and also maybe a charisma skill point as well.
The third life stage I think should be added is a preteen life stage. Again not Shure how long this should last but people who read this making suggestions based off my description on what goes into this life stage would be appreciated. I think the reward for having good grade in this stage should be starting off with a B as a teen. As far as ways they interact differently I think they should be able to be romantic with other preteens but they would get in trouble for it if an adult is within a certain distance of the unless their the adult is in a separate room. They would also have the option to flirt with teens but would always be rejected by teens and would get a negative moodlet from this.
Now my next two ideas are not different life stages per say but do help fill gaps in between life stages. So my first idea is for kids and teens to have growth spirts. Meaning kids and teens would have variation in height depending on how close they are to ageing up. When a kid or teen reaches a growth spirt they will get a positive "got taller" moodlet. My next idea is for adults to have ageing stages the first one being "first grey hair" and they would get a little grey streak in there hair. The second would be grey spreading and they would then have several grey hairs. The third would be gone grey and there hair would be grey. At each ageing stage they would get a negative "feeling old" moodlet. EA should however also add an option for them to buy hair dye which should either effect the severity and/or the time the moodlet last.