hello, my biggest tip would be to use manage worlds! when i first started to play the Sims, I only focused on my houseold and noting else. It becomes so much more fun when you play in other people's households also!
I love rabbit holes! I am not interested in an elementary school or highschool update where we have to control our child sim as they go through a school day. It would get so repetitive and wouldn't work with multiple kids. Also in my experience, sims just take forever to do things. Doing one task would take three sim hours…