Do you play the toddler thru teen life stages? «12345...Next Go

AquaGamer1212

I’ve been finding it kind of hard playing with the younger life stages and find myself always aging them up to young adults immediately. Especially now that I have University installed.

DaWaterRat

Yes (what makes it fun for you?)

Playing through the sim's development helps me, well, develop their character and what their story is going to be. I like to pick their traits based on what sort of autonomous actions they take as they're growing up.

The only real frustration I've ever had with toddlers is feeding them. I know some don't like independent toddlers, but they don't need to be trained on the potty and can develop skills faster on their own than when being taught, so I like it, because then I only need to manage two sims for those things toddlers can't do on their own (get food from the fridge and bathe) and everything else I can have my toddler take care of themselves.

Children is where the personality really starts to develop, and where I usually lay the groundwork for their story going forward - are they a techie, are they an artist, are they social, what do they want to be when they grow up, what's their Fright Fest costume, do they want to go to Geek Con in the summer? I use childhood to answer many of these questions and once they get through the childhood skills, start them working on the skills that will (usually) form the core of their story.

Teens - well, teens are more or less young adults with "school" as their job. For some, this is a valid complaint. For me, this is when I start telling their story. I've had teenagers take on the Mystery of Strangerville, spend their summers exploring the ruins of Selvadorada, befriending the hermit of Granite falls, begin their magical training, etc.

So the fun, for me, is in the story, and playing through the child stages helps give me a good foundation for that story.

crocobaura

No (why not?)

I usually play eternally young adults as there is more freedom in playing them. Whenever I played sims with children I got annoyed by the constant requirement to do homework and there was never enough time. I have the same issue with university.

Assimulo

Yes (what makes it fun for you?)

It's definitely a fun part of the game to me, especially due to the expansions that add to those life stages. Parenthood is a good pack for them; so is Seasons. It's like a challenge to get them raised properly, and sometimes it's fun to mess with their heads. Trying to raise multiples at once can be a real challenge. It turns into kind of an art form to get a sort of hi-score on their traits and kid-skills.

Anmirla

Yes (what makes it fun for you?)

While I play YA/Adult the most (because you need them to make the young'uns and the young'uns eventually become them AND Occults are my favorite Sims to play), I have the most fun with Toddlers and Children in this iteration as Normal Sims.

ListentoToppDogg

Yes (what makes it fun for you?)

Back when I played frequently, I pretty much only played with those life stages. I find more interest in those groups than the adults. But after I'd had the game for a few months, I realized that I'd done everything there is to do with them and they are severally lacking content. I have no plans to play again until we get more for toddlers-teens and especially babies. I have no desire to play the adults for long periods of time.

texxx78

Yes (what makes it fun for you?)

I play legacies, so i always have one baby to young adult, at least. As im a generational player, my fun is in watching and helping my families evolve, my babies grow up and live their lifes. I live my sims life's from baby to elder, if there are no accidents before.

ArcherDK

Yes (what makes it fun for you?)

I do play through everything and I have fun with it.Especially Toddlers,
I find it really fun taking care of them. Other stages are much less appealing, but I don't skip anything.
Another reason is me carefully observing sim' want and needs to decide their future.

SimAlexandria

Yes (what makes it fun for you?)

Yes almost always
Once the kids age up to teen I usually stop and play diff tots and kids but some families I keep liitle for real life years before letting them age up haha.

I'm the opposite
I found the kids and tots a lot more fun and interesting than teens and young adults so all my families have as many kids as possible haha. I tried university a couple times but find the pack boring.

My families mostly live in Sulani and the kids love playing in the water and they all join clubs for their interests.. Homework clubs, outdoor clubs, pink princess clubs, voidcritter clubs etc etc

WaytoomanyUIDs

Yes (what makes it fun for you?)

The trick is to never have more than one baby and one toddler at once and to get rid of the toddler high chair

duhboy2u2

Yes (what makes it fun for you?)

I almost have to. I have an overwhelming need to get to know my sims and if I just age them up to YA I don't know whether I like that sim or not! So I play them through toddler, child, teen, and if I still like them after the temper tantrums, phases, and general tom foolery of youth, I figure I like them enough to let them stay. I don't have to kick them out and start again!

Ashen

Yes (what makes it fun for you?)

I do play through my sims' toddler-teen life stages because it's fun with the packs for them like parenthood, toddler stuff, kids' room stuff, etc.. Plus I get to know them and work on their skills for the different stages.

AquaGamer1212

No (why not?)

To give some backstory....I just started a new Legacy with the Lombardi’s. The dad (Giovanni) is a feared business man, the mom (Aldina) was a famous actress, their daughter (Susana) wants to follow in her mother’s footsteps, and the son (Emiliano) is going to be the heir to the dads business. Susana has a bad relationship with her dad because he doesn’t care about her as much as Emiliano (standard wants a boy to leave behind the legacy situation). Emiliano also doesn’t have a good relationship with Aldina because she has postpartum depression due to Giovanni never letting her spend time with her son. The Legacy will be continuing with Susana (because I said so, so :P Giovanni). Playing has been a bit boring with the homework and skill working and what not 🙃

DaWaterRat

Yes (what makes it fun for you?)

The trick with homework is that once you get the kid to A, they don't need to do it all the time. You can skip a few days to work on something else. Just keep an eye on their performance meter and have them do homework when it starts to slide too far down.

alyssa123

Yes (what makes it fun for you?)

i like family play, specifically generation play. i just love making sims, cultivating their relationship, giving them kids, and watching those kids grow up. then the cycle starts over, and i dunno there's just something satisfying about watching the family tree grow and seeing how far i can get. for me, the toddler through to teen stages are a vital part that i don't want to skip. it can be tedious sometimes, but overall worth it.

bshag4lv

Other

Since I play on long lifespan the infant, toddler, child and teen stages are impossibly long. I play the different stages long enough to get their boost up on the next stage, then age them up. For me, 26 days for a child is plenty long enough.

QueenofMyshuno

Yes (what makes it fun for you?)

I don't really play from the toddlers point of view, but more have the adults manage them mostly. But I like playing kids and teens. I'm a screenshot/storyteller player, so I can give them friends, a school, hopes and dreams, hobbies, relationships with other kids and grandparents, etc. I can decorate their room according to their personality. The sims start "coming alive" at the kid stage, at least for me.

RedDestiny92

Yes (what makes it fun for you?)

I like to watch the family grow, sometimes I do change the age length and still I wait for birthdays and play with everyone how I see fit it's for me with a story not just a goal.

BoergeAarg61

Yes (what makes it fun for you?)

Yes, I play them together with the other members of their household.

RavenSpit

Other

I play children most out of these stages, I do have aging off though so they are all "eternally young", I find children the best stage of the three, they can look after themself (unlike toddlers), have some activities exclusive to them and don't already look like adults (like the teens do).

Camkat

Yes (what makes it fun for you?)

I play them to make sure they get at least one extra trait from childhood and I like them to have to skill boost trait from the toddler skills. They won't get those things by being just aged up immediately unless you cheat them in. Teens can get a head start on a lot of adult skills. I'd much rather play with a YA (in the end) that I've invested this time and the skills in and I feel like they have more "personality" than a straight out of CAS sim because I know their life story. I saw it.

Playing them through and growing them up, makes me feel a lot more invested and attached to that sim. I actually care what happens to them more than a sim I've just created in CAS or just aged up immediately.

Atreya33

Yes (what makes it fun for you?)

I definitely like playing families that include younger sims. I enjoy watching them grow up, find out what they look like, get traits that can only be earned through gameplay like the toddler reward traits or character value traits. I do shorten the teen lifestage occasionally but never completely skip it.

SweetieWright_84

Yes (what makes it fun for you?)

I'm a family player so it kind of comes with the playstyle. I love watching my Sims grow from a baby. It helps me stay interested in their lives. Just recently the last living sim of my second generation died of old age. I was so attached to her (and her sisters) that I did get a bit emotional when each of them passed. I didn't cry but I had to quit for the day. It's hard to let them go but definitely worth playing from birth to death.

musteni

Yes (what makes it fun for you?)

I like playing sims of all ages. Recently I've been playing older sims with long lifespan, but setting it normal when there are babies or toddlers in the house (long gives toddlers too much time to work on their skills). Generally I like the challenge that toddlers bring to the family. Kids and teens already have lots they can do. Mainly I just want my sims to experience the full life cycle. I want to have screenshots of every stage too, things that happened to them and that can be remembered.

cheescaeks

Yes (what makes it fun for you?)

i mean there's still not enough to do with them but i still find their lifestages worthwhile to play

Sharonia

Yes (what makes it fun for you?)

I enjoy sims of all ages. It keeps the game more fun for me to have a mixture of them all. Toddlers are one of my favourite life stages. Usually I get bored when only playing young adults/adults. It's like if they have no kids or family progression then what's the point?