Now that we have infants...

TeeSea · March 2023

Now that we have infants does anyone else feel like there's a even bigger gap between children and teens?
Newborn: pretty much sleeps all day
Infant: more interactions (not sure what they are yet)
Toddler: can do most stuff on their own after a while, but still need a lot help from older sims
Child: school, dolls, toys, make crafts, grab snacks etc. then all the sudden
Teen: pretty much a young adult but still there are limits as to what they can do
Young Adult: college, travel, dating, marriage, career, buy a home, starting a family
Adult: marriage, family, career, prepare for retirement
Elder: retirement, grandkids, travel

I feel we need tweens.
Tweens: puberty, first crushes, still plays with toys but has other interests

I guess what I am trying to say is that the child sim immediately turning into a teen with out an in between stage feels like something is missing, especially now that we have infants.
I would love to hear your opinions.
(I know there's a pre-teen mod)

Have a good one!

BlueR0se · March 2023

Teens have crushes and puberty in HSY tho.

sillyangel0906 · March 2023

I would have preferred tweens instead of infants tbh.

SERVERFRA · March 2023

I strongly believe it could very much be possible for the game devs to make a new
Tween Lifestate in Sims 4.

RedDestiny92 · March 2023

It seemed impossible before, for all we know the new Littles were a test and they will be able to add another before ts4 is done. We'll see but I am hopeful.

Simmingal · March 2023

Tweens: puberty, first crushes, still plays with toys but has other interests

So which part of this couldn't just be part of kid or teen lifestage?
also all these are subjective experiences people might have at different ages
(for instance some have puberty later or earlier
and some might not even have crushes / have their crushes in teens or adulthood rather
and as for toys that could just be childish trait thing)

I don't see anything that needs new lifestage in specific

telemwill · March 2023

I'm not opposed. I think it would be nice to do for Sims 5.

I do think there needs to be more if a distinction between teens and young adults in CAS. Mods that shorten teens a tad help me to distinguish them better.

Icewolf · March 2023

No, I don't think we need anymore life stages.

RedShoe7 · March 2023

I'd just like shorter teens but I don't think we'll get that in this game, maybe Sims 5.

lisamwitt · March 2023

I don't think we need another life stage either. As a mother of 4 kids, I can tell you there isn't much distinction and I find the whole tween idea silly. It's a short transition between about 10-12 where they stop playing with "little kid" toys and start doing things that are slightly less "childish". But major changes in activities and interests happen after they hit their teens.

The biggest gap is actually between toddlers and children. The age from about 3-6/7 is missing. But, as I said already, I don't want anymore life stages.

jacqpinks · March 2023

RedShoe7 wrote: »

I'd just like shorter teens but I don't think we'll get that in this game, maybe Sims 5.

I agree

It has always annoyed me that Sim teens are the same height as adults

pearlbh · March 2023

sillyangel0906 wrote: »

I would have preferred tweens instead of infants tbh.

Me too.

PlayerSinger2010 · March 2023

Nope! There is nothing unique about preteens that can't or haven't already been added to kids or teens.

Babykittyjade · March 2023

lisamwitt wrote: »

I don't think we need another life stage either. As a mother of 4 kids, I can tell you there isn't much distinction and I find the whole tween idea silly. It's a short transition between about 10-12 where they stop playing with "little kid" toys and start doing things that are slightly less "childish". But major changes in activities and interests happen after they hit their teens.

The biggest gap is actually between toddlers and children. The age from about 3-6/7 is missing. But, as I said already, I don't want anymore life stages.

These are my exact thoughts. I always felt like little kids are missing and the kids we have feel closer to what people call "tweens". I always wanted smaller kids but there is no demand for it so I doubt we would ever get it.
Teens with the highschool pack, childish trait,, and parenthood fill all the tween check boxes. We just need shorter preset heights to choose from IMO.

Divapixie · March 2023

I'm another one in the no tweens for me camp. For a lot of the reasons already stated.. and well my 3 were harder during the tween years than any other phase.

I have absolutely no desire to revisit that particular circle of hell

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MoonCrossWarrior22 · March 2023

I don't think we need more life stages, I always thought children at ages 9-12 were still children, not preteens...
Preteens just seems like another title to make them seem kinda like teens but to me they are not teens till 13.

lovemy4s · March 2023

I don’t think it’s a matter if a new lifestage needed but a rework on the current teens. They need to be shorter and younger looking. The teens we currently have now look just like young adults, there really isn’t much difference in them except for things they can/can’t do in gameplay. I don’t know which would be more difficult, new lifestage or overhaul of teens, because I know nothing about that kind of stuff but I just think that’s really why people are unhappy and asking for a preteen because teens are to adult like.

lisamwitt · March 2023

^ That. Teens just look like young adults. But because they wear all the same clothes and do the same actions as adults, I'm sure it would be difficult to make any substantial changes. I know it's been said it before, but it's because of Olympus.

TeeSea · March 2023

I would be okay with a teen and child rework.

Chicklet453681 · March 2023

I do feel like the jump from "kids" looking like they're 10 to "teens" who look like they're of drinking ages is a bit jarring. But I'm not too fussed with them after almost 9 years (I also use a mod to make my teens automatically be a little shorter).

What kind of game play would they have that would be different? Is it just for the visual immersion? All the 10-12 year olds I know in RL act like teens (with the exception of being able to drive), in the fact they have the same obsession with their phones, youtube, tiktok, snapchat, and video games. The only thing they're not too obsessed with like teens are romance/crushes and fashion/makeup of some sort.

honeywitch · March 2023

as others have stated above, i don't think we need another life stage. the problem = teens are way too much like young adults. if the teens were updated it would bridge the gap.

EricasFreePlay · March 2023

There does need to be some age adjustments in this game. There could be the following ages:

Newborn (birth-3 months)
Infants (4 months to 1 year)
Toddler (1-3)
Chilld (4-10)
Young Teen (10-12)
Teens (13-19)
Young Adult (20-40)
Adult (40-65)
Elder (65-death)

This is the closest I could come to making a change to the ages in the game because kids in this game seem to go from looking like toddlers to looking like they are 11-12 in the game with nothing in between. And then make adjustments to the Teens, Young Adults and Adults to make them more distinct.

ChadSims2 · March 2023

I agree I need preteens for those who say teens and children can cover the gap of preteens lucky for them but for me they never will be able to.

The size is important to me visuals are important especially in a game like this there is truly no way to play a younger teen/preteen in the game. All of the effects of puberty have occurred in the current teen's height and body they look like adults everyone remembers the Sims team having to add "teen" when you hover over them because no one could even tell the difference I still have teens spawn for high school that look like elders had one today even had the grey hair.

I want to play an important gap that is completely missing they need to play as a mix up of children and teen but neither. Like they could play with toys but be ashamed if someone older or a peer seen them jealously of an older teen sibling being able to do something they can't the awkwardness the voice cracks so much is missing that fits neither adult sized teen nor child.

But a huge victory for generational family players today one of the two huge age and game play gaps was fixed we got #FreeTheBabies now we just need preteens #FixTheAgeGap

Perti23 · March 2023

I think it's unlikely we'll get any more life stages. But if we did, I would much more prefer preschoolers to preteens.

Future · March 2023

RedShoe7 wrote: »

I'd just like shorter teens but I don't think we'll get that in this game, maybe Sims 5.

I downloaded a mod to make teens shorter but I didn’t like that their face wasn’t in the full frame of their photos anymore. Lol it was like from the nose down was completely gone because they weren’t tall enough to fit.

Mendota · March 2023

Simmingal wrote: »

Tweens: puberty, first crushes, still plays with toys but has other interests

So which part of this couldn't just be part of kid or teen lifestage?
also all these are subjective experiences people might have at different ages
(for instance some have puberty later or earlier
and some might not even have crushes / have their crushes in teens or adulthood rather
and as for toys that could just be childish trait thing)

I don't see anything that needs new lifestage in specific

The teens look like adults, Maxis adding so called puberty to teens that look 20 years old, was really kind of a joke. If it wasn't for height mods, I would have quit the game long ago.

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