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Young Teens as New Lifestage
crazycat_135
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I keep hearing how some people want preteens and some say the child lifestage is already that in the game. For years I've always felt like there were huge age gaps between each age group, from bassinet babies jumping into children to children growing into their full-grown bodies as teens. Of course, as the years went on toddlers and the recently added infants have alleviated that problem for the most part. But then what about the teen height problem that has irked many of us for years? I myself and I'm sure others have been hoping for years that they'd take a hint and just shorten them to be a more distinct age group with packs such as parenthood and high school years, but alas I realized that would never happen at this point. So I thought maybe they'd add preteens, but that didn't seem quite right as I realized children are basically that. Then I thought about how they added young adults back in the Sims 2 and how perhaps they could do the same for teens and just call them young teens whilst giving them their own body frame. That way it can make more sense as I don't see many preteens attending middle school, but rather 5th or 6th grade, but that could be my bias as middle school for me was 7th and 8th.
The point is that it would be nice to have something in between child and teen that makes more sense to us all. A life stage that can finally give the game that sense of growth that has been missing from day 1.
The point is that it would be nice to have something in between child and teen that makes more sense to us all. A life stage that can finally give the game that sense of growth that has been missing from day 1.
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Mine too and I almost think the preteens mod is how teens should have looked to begin with and how young teens should look if they are ever officially added.
That's what I would love as well like for the high school years I really on the fence of making it an active school or not. But I would love like how Sims 3 we had activities. I would like for Sims 3 school tweet Sims 2 Free time make game play fun like either we can do homework like normal or they can swim for a couple hours, look for a certain bird, or frog, bug, write a report on it. Read a book, write a report on the book. Find a plant or fruit or vegetables. Have crazy days like ok the calendar of day Pajama day wear pajamas at school, a certain color day wear a color at school, crazy hat day, you get it. Feild trips, Summer and Winter Break, School Bake Sale, Bake Something and have your kid take it to school, school faculty appreciation. Awards for perfect attendance, good grades.
I know this can be introduced with any lifestage but Preteens I would like for the Sims to add instead of your kid inviting over the friends how about instead of going home we get invited to either the friends house or like a community lot to hangout. Introduced a chaperone date like either our playing parents come or the townies or premade family comes and chaperone the "date."
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Still, I find what most irk me about teens in game is how adult they behave. They wake up at 6am every day, make their bed, help set the table without being told, clean their plates after dinner and never misses the hamper in the evenings. That is just not teenage behaviour. Set a hamper next to your teenagers bed and they'll still magically miss it every. single. time! Making he bed? Without being told? Yeah right! Same with cleaning up dishes or picking things up! Without being told a teen is quite often a slob. I wish this was reflected more in their behaviour.
Teens' needs are also different. Their hygiene drops faster (especially for boys), they are generally harder to wake up in the morning (but prefer being awake later at night), their social need is quite often larger, and they're hungrier as they develop, but also put on less weight and have a lot easier time to get fit. Basically every single need save for bladder and energy should drop faster for a teens than adults. Energy should take longer to recharge, but drop slower. And yes, I realise this does not apply to all teens (my own quite often gets up early, for instance, as did I when I was that age,) but as a general rule of thumb it still applies.
I also wish there were more things to argue about with your teens. Now you have rules, curfew and music (If you have parenthood), but how about what friends they have? Or how they dress? Or opposing political views? Or school and how serious they take it? Romantic relationships? How much time they spend on their phones, or gaming on the computer?
Argue about opposing political views I'm sorry but disagree it heated irl I come to the sim to escape especially next year with the debate and election coming up no thank you. I would like relationship status because in my cas family it's a typical good girl falls for bad boy and dads a police officer and you know the rest. I would like for teens to be punished for getting detention more then once, like a phone call home or even suspended where they can't come to school for a day or two. Then they get grounded for however long.
Just because the option is there it doesn't mean you have to use it. I feel in general the sims are (too) good at making sure nothing unpleasant happens without your active involvement.
Not in my game I got unwanted drama from the game itself some random townie flirted with my sim whose loyal all of a sudden she felt she cheated and I'm like what??? So then I didn't say anything and she felt guilty, and sad I'm like but she didn't cheat lol. Also it happened again my game a random townie flirted with a nother and the husband saw that as cheating didn't even have the jealous trait but yeah I'm like what is going on he was furious at her for awhile also they were supposed to get married so I had to wait and wait wait unnecessary drama and it wasn't even my doing lol.
lol. What did you expect from a mood based attraction system. Although even I didn't know about the incest part of the game. In this case it wouldn't hurt to introduce some restrictions in terms of family members.
Anyway, I think we're hijacking the thread to talk of things other than whether or not we need young teens or pre teens. LOL
I am guessing maybe the sims isn't advanced enough graphics-wise to differentiate between teen and young adult super well, just like how they portray adults as looking like elders. Something else we all hate lol. I think they probably do the best they can maybe? There are soooo many things that people want.
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I do love a road. You can always be wondering what is at the end of it.Sounds cool but how would that be implemented with aging off?
> Pre-teens and mid adults please!!!!!!
!00% agree! :D