This isn't a very serious post, but more of a thought that I'd like to share. Maybe it'll lead to an interesting discussion.
I don't have any children myself or any experience with this particular style of education, however, the Landgraabs had twins and as I was redecorating the space to support 2 toddlers, I found myself really drawn to the idea that they would have the money and facilities to adopt a montessori-style of parenting.
Wouldn't it be cool to have little counters and a tiny sink that smaller children can use? A little cooking oven, the one that was also present in the Sims 2, so children can make muffins.
Many more educational toys, that can give them a variety of skills and help them orientate and explore. Also, what about fingerpainting for toddlers?
Let children play house, or set up a 'pretend store' - or let them emulate their parents. Maybe their dad's a journalist or their mom's a cop, and it's the most interesting thing on the planet, and that's what they'll play out.
Overall, I'm quite happy with how it turned out - but I think it would be very cool to go the extra mile here.
What are your thoughts?
Edit: here is a link to a wiki article for those interested in learning more about it:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montessori_education
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I hope if we get a generations pack, and we get lots of stuff for children and toddlers.
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Absolutely! It would bring more life to any given neighbourhood. I would love to run into these extra details - leftovers from previous gameplay sessions, such as chalk drawings. Maybe some old fashioned things like playing with marbles :P is that still a thing? I don't know about an active school career, because I'm not quite sold on the idea yet (I didn't purchase HSY either), but I would dream of a house designed montessori style now I've spend some time thinking about it.
Gameplay around children really does seem stifled in the sims 4, this while the possibilities are pretty much endless (I'm sorry sims team ). They just play next to eachother, rather than together with one another. I have played the Sigworth family for a while, and Christie and her mom are both really into sports, but there weren't a lot of meaningful activities for them to do together. More sports would be so great! I'm definitely craving more stuff to do for the kiddos.
What else could be more meaningful gameplay for family simmers? Could we get more of it? I certainly hope so.
Anyway, thanks so much for the replies. It was nice to get it off my chest!
Edit: also, to add to the idea that children have their phases in parenthood, how about special interests that wax and wane? Few weeks (or years?) it's dinosaurs. Next up, it might be space exploration. Who knows?